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jf600

10-12-2003 02:09 AM

Broken Piston Skirt

My 2.5 was not running well, so i took it apart and found parts of the piston skirt were broken off. What is the cause of this? Some have said high speed on pavement but traxxas has a on-road car with the same engine. Confussed?

kennebell50

10-12-2003 09:22 AM

RE: Broken Piston Skirt

Yes, that happened to me too. I believe the cause is a combination of heat and bad materials. It happens, just run a better engine now.

jf600

10-13-2003 12:00 PM

RE: Broken Piston Skirt

Any ideas what causes this?

BUGGIES_R_US

10-13-2003 12:16 PM

RE: Broken Piston Skirt

I'm sorry, what is a piston skirt? Is that the side part of the piston?

Well, it is concievable that the con rod may have hit the piston causing damage.

Thats the only thing I can think of

ram

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