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Re: Injecter not plugged in, burned piston, your thoughts.
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 3/31/2002

Roy,

During the last ten years, I've seen two instances of pistons that were burned because a tapered-seat spark plug was left loose. The loose spark plugs overheated and caused preignition, which burned the pistons. If I recall, both were Olds V-6 engines w... Login to read more.