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Old May 27, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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Some of you know about my truck N/A 5.3 12.51 well last friday it went booom here are the pics.

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Old May 27, 2007 | 11:02 AM
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Yeah I think you identified the problem Was the piston shattered too?
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I have a feeling that you did not have good leakdown in that cylinder! LOL!!
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The piston gremlins strike again, lol.
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That would explain any blowby problems you might have.

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Kevin is going back with another 5.3
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Damn that sux.
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Yeah I think you identified the problem Was the piston shattered too?
piston is in little bitty pieces all through the block and most of its in the oil pan ahahahaa
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Originally Posted by BigBronco
I have a feeling that you did not have good leakdown in that cylinder! LOL!!
hell it leaked very fast once you get the piston out of the way ahhaaa
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Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
That would explain any blowby problems you might have.

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yeah it was useing some oil, but that was fixed when I put now valve seal in, rist pin was the culperet here.

plan is a 5.3 again. wanting to run 11's with a N/A 5.3 since there hasn't even been a N/A 6.0 do it yet.
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Damn that sux.
not really carlos, the motor was coming out in a month or two to be replaced with a new one anyways, just happend to go sooner then planed, now if it would of been a 12k motor then yes that would of sucked ahhhaa
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