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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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Broke piston ring

I broke a piston ring in my 95 F350 CC DRW yesterday :-( Only have 209K on it and now I'm trading it for a 2000 F350 CC DRW 4x4 Lariat PSD with 113K on it. Hate to see the old girl go. I'm not that fond of the Super Duty trucks but I guess it will be nice to have the 4x4.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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how??? and how do you know its a piston ring?
 
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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Mechanic friend of mine that is really good with PSDs said he believed that a ring had gone south and it sounded like a little bit of piston rattle comming on. I don't have any physical proof that the ring broke but the sudden amount of blow by that I got was a good indication. So much blow by that it was coming out of the dipstick tube hard enuff to dislodge the dipstick and whisle like a tea kettle.
 
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