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Christopher Smith

This Duramax Diesel Engine Shouldn't Have Melted Pistons

For the record, this isn't the worst damage we've seen from an I Do Cars engine teardown video. It's not even the worst 3.0-liter Duramax we've seen, lest we forget the destroyed diesel that literally had valve shapes stamped into the pistons. But we've never seen a hole in the cylinder caused purely by heat. How hot does it have to get to actually burn through a cylinder bore?

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