RotorNutFD3S

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At first I thought the piston on my bent rod had a piece missing out of it, but then I inspected the other ones. I've never seen this before, but since it's the same on all my pistons from my '95 and the same from the donor '96 pistons I now have, I'm hoping that it's normal and ok. But take a look at the piston skirts, it appears that they are all cracked/chipped.

(The pistons still on the rods are my '95s, the pistons alone are '96s. The last picture shows the other side of the piston with the normal looking/even skirts.)






Anyone else seen this or know why it is that way?

M-Tuned

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Oil Squirters ir I remember correctly...

neogenesis2004

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Def for the oil squirters dumby :P

icantthink4155

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...where can I find info about those?

the oil squirters I mean

RotorNutFD3S

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Oh, well ****. I feel dumb. Oh well, a continuing learning process this is...
In any case, I didn't look too hard when I took everything out. Was too busy putting parts in bags and marking them to make sure reassembly went well.

cardriverx

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They are on the block, squirt oil on the underside of the pistons.

icantthink4155

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the literal underside of the pistons? all years?

neogenesis2004

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Yes and yes

cardriverx

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They are on the block, and yes they literaly squirt oil onto the underside of the pistons, helps cooling. One of the many reasons our engines can take boost...

BenR

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It's perfectly normal.




Here are the squirters.

Arkmage

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what pistons are those Ben?

BenR

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Those are stock pistons with ceramic coating.