Engine Clanking -WTF!!!

[sleepydsm]

Before I saw the findings, I asked my uncle (the most mechanically capable person I know) how or why this would have happened, and he thought something foreign entered the cylinder, piston pushed it against a valve/hit spark plug, then the cam trying to open the stuck valve breaks rocker arm, etc. I wonder if something got in there?

I personally have honed/installed a new piston and ring set into a cylinder with three giant gouges in the thrust side of the wall, probably.050" deep, and the car had 155 compression in that cylinder and didnt use excessive oil.

[Halon]

Originally Posted by sleepydsm

Before I saw the findings, I asked my uncle (the most mechanically capable person I know) how or why this would have happened, and he thought something foreign entered the cylinder, piston pushed it against a valve/hit spark plug, then the cam trying to open the stuck valve breaks rocker arm, etc. I wonder if something got in there?

I personally have honed/installed a new piston and ring set into a cylinder with three giant gouges in the thrust side of the wall, probably.050" deep, and the car had 155 compression in that cylinder and didnt use excessive oil.

Hmmm... you live in Shoreview right? You're not all that far from me. Maybe someday if you don't mind, you should stop out here for just a minute and see how my walls compare with the ones you did.