Konstan's 1982 300D Engine Out Thread

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Originally Posted by barry123400

If you are well satisfied with the bores for reuse. If the number one piston shows excess wear. I would have the number one rod checked for trueness on a jig at an automotive machine shop. A slight bend from being hydrolocked for example at one time might have tweaked it enough to ruin a piston over time.

Or if you decide on a good used piston it will probably come with the connecting rod.

wouldn't that show up on the shallow side of the piston? If the rod was even slightly bent, the wear on the piston would tell that story.

any wear on either side of the piston where the skirts (the longer side) are is typical and warrants replacement of the piston, it does not suggest bent rods.