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Old 14-01-2015, 04:31 PM   #2
TheMAN
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it's not the piston that bent the spark plug

it's the VICS (butterfly shutters) screws in the intake manifold that came off and went through the combustion chamber (hopefully)

this is a known defect

hopefully the engine is fine... run a compression test to see if it stuffed the engine or not.... if compression is good, replace the intake manifold (good idea to tighten the screws with new thread sealer)
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