I cleaned the piston tops and underside of head best I could to
get the major gunk off but its by no means "as new" clean. Only
replacing #1 was a concern of mine as well since the manual gives
a spec of the weight the rods can differ, and the new rod is way
heavier than the others. Just from it running I can tell any
difference. And also there was the other dude on there who did
the same thing and has put 50k or more on his since with no
problems. I figured it was worth a shot. Will see how it goes.
On 1/9/2011 4:39 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
If you had the head off and cleaned it up (and the pistons tops)
it will clatter something horrible and run badly until you get
some soot built up on the head and piston crowns, and all the
air out of the injection lines -- takes a few miles.
Both of our 603s did this when the head was replaced. Sounds
terrible, and I got lots of white smoke for a while on mine
after startup, but once it has a few miles on it it will smooth
out.
Smoky rough starts are pretty much normal after servicing the
injection system.
I'm more concerned about an unbalanced engine, you REALLY don't
want to toss a rod.
Peter
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