Cracked pistons

[smoketruck]

The pistons have cracks right on the lip of the bowl. Most of the cracks are less than a 1/4 inch. Should I replace them? I'm not sure how big of an issue this is. I'm also not sure what caused this.

 

[98andahalf]

rather be safe then have to just tear the engine apart again down the road....

 

[smoketruck]

The truck has a exhaust brake that wasn't working right I think that it was creating back pressure that made it run hot

 

[Diehard Ram]

I just rebuilt an engine that had the some problem. It had 305k on it . but some of the pistons were melted. And my customer asked will that be ok! I said cracks and melted pistons don't get any better they get worse. His injectors were bad also. I think thats what caused the hot spots and melted pistons. Oh yea and the blown head gasket.

 

[smoketruck]

This truck also had a blown head gasket. The front bearing in the hx35 is totally trashed. it has about 1/2" side to side movement.

 

[NEsmoker]

If you have a half inch of play in the turbo your missing some of the wheel and have bigger issues than you think.