diesel_ram_man
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I got a reman engine that came out of a UPS truck from a buddy. Was supposedly under 10k miles. Well i'm building a shorty truck with this engine. I pulled head off to get o-ringed and such. We seen something a little weird on #5 piston. All the pistons as you can see have sooty tops except for #5 which looks clean. (Disregard #1 i had wiped some of the soot off) Made me a little concerned, was wondering if any of the gurus on here may know what causes this and if it is an major issue. Also you can see in pics of head the line that goes around injector tip, on #5 it was the only one that had anything like that not sure if that tells anything.Thanks!
#1
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151752.jpg.html"]#1 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#2
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151758.jpg.html"]#2 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#3
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151805.jpg.html"]#3 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#4
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151811.jpg.html"]#4 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#5
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151817.jpg.html"]#5 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#6
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151823.jpg.html"]#6 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
4,5,6 on head
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151933.jpg.html"]#4,5,6 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#5 head
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151922.jpg.html"]#5 Head Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#5 injector tip
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151914.jpg.html"]#5 Head Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#1
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151752.jpg.html"]#1 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#2
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151758.jpg.html"]#2 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#3
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151805.jpg.html"]#3 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#4
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151811.jpg.html"]#4 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#5
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151817.jpg.html"]#5 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#6
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151823.jpg.html"]#6 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
4,5,6 on head
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151933.jpg.html"]#4,5,6 Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#5 head
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151922.jpg.html"]#5 Head Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]
#5 injector tip
[ame="http://s1207.photobucket.com/user/DieselPhreak/media/20140923_151914.jpg.html"]#5 Head Photo by DieselPhreak | Photobucket[/ame]