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      01-24-2012, 10:01 PM   #523
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Originally Posted by BMRLVR View Post
Detonation is not always visible by pitting marks, it depends on the alloy the piston is made of. As for the ring lands/rings, we didn't get a chance to see them so no one can say if there was damage or not.

I only said that this was "possible" it was detonating and I am not saying it was a definite. By looking at a bunch of pictures no one can tell with any amount of certainty if this is the case.

Either way, the engine does look like it was running a little lean.
Since you love speculating, what caused a 2010 stock DCT M3 to have the same rod go through the block?
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