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hun t_x »
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Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:43 am
are you sure the bore is f***ed? I have torn down many VG30's DE ,DET and DETT and I have never found one where the bore is f***ed unless a rod bust and the shrapnel scored the bore, the fact it is #6 makes me highly suspect it was just over heated probably blew the head gasket too and melted down the skirt on #6 and left a smear of molten aluminum down the bore the liners in theses engines is nitride coated and hardened if you pull the piston and clean up the bore with a piece of fine emery cloth I bet you will find the block is fine, the best bet is to replace them with forged pistons but if a new set of those is around $800 or more you can get a set of good used DETT pistons from someone that is upgrading to forged and have the domes shot peened and ceramic coated and you can coat the skirts with dry film lubricant like Nissan does with the VK56 factory pistons while you have it apart you should remove all the casting slag in the main coolant passage thats the reason they over heat around 5+6 there is some must casting slag round those cylinders when it gets hot those 2 get so hot they usually blow the head gasket out and melt down the piston