Tell me the story of the life of these pistons
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Tell me the story of the life of these pistons
This is what the pistons look like out of a salvage yard 2008 66,000 mile 6.0L engine I recently purchased. Would you say the carbon/ coking between the ring lands and oil rings came from not changing the oil or overheating?
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Nope! Ebay buy. Had pictures of the 2008 3500 Savanna donor vehicle with the engine in it along with the dash mileage shown. I do know it is a gen4 engine that would be in that vehicle. The cylinders are a bit glazed and only cylinder 6 shows wear that I can feel a lip. The good thing is the crank, rod and main bearings look like new. The block is at the machine shop getting cleaned and bored.
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The rest of the engine just has a smooth caramel color. The pistons are the only ugly gunked up parts. I'm getting new .030" over sized pistons for the newly bored cylinders.