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Originally Posted by Pineedles

OCD,

I'm not technically astute on this wear on the head gasket. Is it rust or burning that causes that wear? How does the bad gas affect the part? Does it have residual particles that get trapped in the seams?

That is burning.. It normally means it was running very lean causing the burning. This is also commen with a procharger. The particles get trapped in the oil filter but most disintergrate. That explains the "glitter" in my oil filter. If I had pushed it I could have caused a lot of damage to the heads, block etc. I got lucky.

The rule of thumb is if you hear or ever "feel" anything that isn't quite right. And usually only the captain with experience will feel it... SHUT IT DOWN.. It isn't like walking it off...

This could have been a much different story!