How can you tell?

How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
engine apart....

wrote:

> How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
> engine apart....

Exactly what kind of broke?
One check for noise the other check for compression.
You may use an endoscope to take a look through the spark plug hole into a
cylinder. This method they use to check valves inner sides and pistons.

Regards,

Ralf
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Erfinder des Abgasturboladers Dr. Alfred J. Büchi: "Die Abgase,
deren noch inne-wohnende Energie bis dahin vergeudet wurde ..."

Ralf Ballis wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
> > engine apart....
>
> Exactly what kind of broke?
> One check for noise the other check for compression.
> You may use an endoscope to take a look through the spark plug hole into a
> cylinder. This method they use to check valves inner sides and pistons.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ralf
> --
> www.omnibusclub.de
> Erfinder des Abgasturboladers Dr. Alfred J. Büchi: "Die Abgase,
> deren noch inne-wohnende Energie bis dahin vergeudet wurde ..."

And if you have a hole in the oil pan or the side of the block, shine a
flashlight right through that hole.

wrote:
> How can you tell if you broke a piston or not?? Other than taking the
> engine apart....
>
usually the engine stops running.
often accompanied by a loud bang.
try draining the oil. If you have large chunks of stuff in it, you may
be the lucky owner of a very heavy doorstop.

<sigh>
So, what did you do to mom's car?