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Another update: Looking for some clarity if this test (and its results) would be reliable

I was trying to think of someway to test for connecting rod movement while the engine is still together, so came up with an idea of pushing a rod down the spark plug holes, against the piston tops, and seeing if they were solid. I went trough each one, piston 1 - solid, piston 2 - solid, piston 3 - solid, piston 4 - solid, piston 5 - solid, then guess what......piston 6 moved. I wiggled the crank pulley around slightly just to reset piston 6, and tried again, and yup movement again.

As I said, Im not sure on the reliability of this test, could there be movement regardless of an issue? I doubt it there should be any movement in the piston connections
Old 05-22-2013, 08:14 AM
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