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      03-09-2019, 06:56 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by chris719 View Post
The rod bearings don't look so hot for such a low mileage engine... .

There haven't been any reports of rod bearing failure on S55 that I've seen yet though.
He didn't go into it in the video, but if the valves hit the pistons, it wouldn't be surprising to see wear, maybe in some cases major wear, on the upper rod bearings (pressure side in his terms).
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