<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">BECAUSE approximately a 1 sq. in. small flat of modelling clay was placed (not near the piston's periphery) in the squish area of the piston instead of only under the head's combustion pocket, would the assembled piston and rod's rotation have caused the piston to cant in the cylinder bore enough to crack a piston skirt?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Is there any other potential weak area that could be cracked by piston to head interference with clay in between?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I hesitate to disassemble the engine to search for possible part cracking if the clay interference is really incapable of causing something to crack.</div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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