hole in piston? broke ring?

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r1d3on3

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I took my 06 k9 out for a short ride the other day and it was missing on one cylinder. I got it back to my shop right away and pulled in. Oil was dripping from one tail pipe. Pulled the plugs and the back cylinder plug had oil on it. Any ideas guys? Any other possibilities besides a hole in the piston or a broke ring? I thought I would ask before digging in. Thanks! :cheers:
 

MARV

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I took my 06 k9 out for a short ride the other day and it was missing on one cylinder. I got it back to my shop right away and pulled in. Oil was dripping from one tail pipe. Pulled the plugs and the back cylinder plug had oil on it. Any ideas guys? Any other possibilities besides a hole in the piston or a broke ring? I thought I would ask before digging in. Thanks! :cheers:
probably a worn valve guide which is common on BD's.

could do a leakdown test to get a better idea.
 

TCALZ06

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I took my 06 k9 out for a short ride the other day and it was missing on one cylinder. I got it back to my shop right away and pulled in. Oil was dripping from one tail pipe. Pulled the plugs and the back cylinder plug had oil on it. Any ideas guys? Any other possibilities besides a hole in the piston or a broke ring? I thought I would ask before digging in. Thanks! :cheers:
How many miles on it? do you have S&S rocker boxes?
 

r1d3on3

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probably a worn valve guide which is common on BD's.

could do a leakdown test to get a better idea.
thanks

How many miles on it? do you have S&S rocker boxes?
8,600 miles. Ill have to ask about the boxes. Brand new it was making top end noise, florida dealer didn't want to do anything, made some adjustments and gave it back to us. took it to a different dealer with i think 2500 mi. or so up in amarillo, tx after the noise worsened. Pretty much my dad handled this part of it but i believe it had tp boxes and he ended up getting big dog to send us S&S rocker boxes. The mech. in amarillo installed the new boxes, changed the cam to a .600 lift (pretty sure .600), put on vance&hines big radius and re-jet the carb.
 
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