Piston as seen using an endoscope

Piston as seen using an endoscope

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nsa

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228 months

Tuesday 8th April 2014
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...as seen down the spark plug hole. The endoscope is just a £10 eBay job. I took more pictures but unfortunately this is the best. All four pistons look like this.



The engine runs fine and compression etc is good and it doesn't use a lot of oil, but I assumed the pistons would be shiny clean. Is the wet patch oil sucked up past the piston rings, and is it worth trying to do something about the brown coating?

nsa

Original Poster:

1,683 posts

228 months

Tuesday 8th April 2014
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Great. Thanks. I'll check if the same wet patch appears under the other injectors and investigate cleaning them.

nsa

Original Poster:

1,683 posts

228 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Thanks again. I appreciate people taking the time to look. The spark plugs had a nice beige glaze to them as well.