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Yes, possible for injector to fail, spray fuel to one side and concentrate heat on one part of the piston and melt and crack it. been reported here a few times.

all the best.mark

... between top end and bottom end problems, but Mk7's have been known to melt the odd piston (I think No3 is the usual suspect, but don't quote me on that). Is it a tapping noise, ...

... details for here! I have a problem, I've had the dreaded 2.2 hole in piston, it then had new pistons fitted and lasted about 1000 miles before ... and turbo are new and use the 2.2 fuel pump. Obviously I don't want to melt a piston on the 2.4 so had anyone done this? The dpf and egr have been ...

... is running rough when cold and not 100% when hot. Pos' due to damaged piston(s) under the pistons are oil squirters the oil helps to cool the pistons. If the squirters get blocked - the piston can melt = low compression = poor engine performance when cold and hot. Pressure passing ...

... So if there is no smoke and iit is OK? Just a bit paranoid that it will melt a piston in my new engine. What makes you think it's "overfueling"..?? When were the ...

... So if there is no smoke and iit is OK? Just a bit paranoid that it will melt a piston in my new engine. What makes you think it's "overfueling"..?? When were the ...

knobby1 wrote:

frosty125 wrote:How do I check/make sure my 2.2fwd euro 4 is not overfueling?

Black smoke..?? White smoke..??

If black smoke, check for boost leaks, split boost hoses/intercooler.

Lord Knobrot

So if there is no smoke and iit is OK? Just a bit paranoid that it will melt a piston in my new engine.

... is still in one piece but as you can see from the third pic it is badly melted, no doubt through overfuelling. I haven't photographed the cylinder ... seat. I think that will be where most of the compression is lost. No. 2 piston also looks like it was starting to melt, on the edge of the combustion ...

... injectors, but that has had daily use. If all it's done is crack or melt that one piston though, I'd be getting the engine repaired at that mileage. Rebuilt exchange engines ...

i would be tempted to get a set of decent pistons (if such things exist?) if your going to run the remap. Our resident engine expert will be along shortly to tell us (for the 100th time) how 3.2 Rangers melt pistons :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: To be honest I was half expecting this ...

i fooked my old hilux up by running it low on oil crank and cam were good just put new set of standard bearings in but a couple of pistons melted to the bore that had those spray things under the pistons the dude i got to machine the block said i was a knob for running it low on oil and that ...

... the engine,,, the plastic coating on the cable next to the crimp may melt or smoke. the thick positive lead from the battery should go direct ... or very rarely the engines siezed solid or got water on top of a piston.

... give it a good thrashing and see what happens, if anything me thinks a piston crown melt is likely outcome in long run. Will report back

... to effect performance in a massive detrimental way? Is it going to have piston melt down on the motor way? The big end journals/bearings are the same size so should be able ...

You are mk7 diniers

There's 3000 million squillion billion trouble free mk7s out there
Do you really believe that evey one of them is going to melt a piston?
Mega lolzzzz