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Originally Posted by djshum
Have you looked at the piston closely yourself? Use a pick and dig the object out of the piston and post a picture of JUST the object. It is hard to see it in the picture with the glare of the flash. Make sure you have plenty of pictures of object embedded in piston, then dig around/use side cutters to cut aluminum out, to get object out of piston to get a better look. It appears that the wire has an object attached to it and it is embedded in piston.
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Hi Djshum, thanks for the reply. I can't touch the engine myself, in case Ford DOES decide to do the right thing. They wouldn't let me work on it in their shop for one thing, but if I DID get to work on it there, they would tell me that my warranty is canceled because it doesn't cover my wrenching on my own vehicle. (or something to that effect)
Lol....maybe it's just late and I'm punchy but I'm constant amazed that this is happening. I've never heard of a customer being stuck in limbo like this, mainly because most manufacturers try to avoid having legitimate claims look as bad as this, AND most dealerships know that this kind of thing costs more than it saves.
But yeah, cutting the piston carefully in half and exposing the embedded object would be one of the first tries on my list. I think that piece of wire is a clue just waiting to happen.
