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May 27, 2007 | 10:55 AM

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booom pics

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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May 27, 2007 | 11:02 AM

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Yeah I think you identified the problem

Was the piston shattered too?

May 27, 2007 | 11:09 AM

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I have a feeling that you did not have good leakdown in that cylinder! LOL!!

May 27, 2007 | 11:24 AM

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The piston gremlins strike again, lol.

May 27, 2007 | 11:30 AM

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That would explain any blowby problems you might have.

What's the plan?

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May 27, 2007 | 11:36 AM

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Kevin is going back with another 5.3

May 27, 2007 | 11:41 AM

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Damn that sux.

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May 27, 2007 | 01:30 PM

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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

May 27, 2007 | 01:33 PM

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That would explain any blowby problems you might have.

What's the plan?

-Mike

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.

May 27, 2007 | 01:34 PM

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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