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Originally Posted by mgarblik
Theory only! It could have run like that for a very long time pissing off the owner every time he drove the car. Not the way to enjoy a great car like a GTO. I drove a Jeep 4.0L with the skirt actually broken off below the oil ring land. Found the entire half of the skirt in the oil pan when I finally took it apart after 2 years and 30K miles of hearing it knock. So the answer is we will really never know. Forged pistons are so soft and pliable, it may have just hung on there and operated indefinitely.
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X 2, Mike. It could have been a manufacturer's defect from the part's inception. Mike, I don't know about you, but WHEN was the last time you measured across the skirt tips instead of the barrel of the piston?