In Frame photos of Bearings, Head and Liner

[Waterloo]

Rings were good, everything came apart nicely. The rings themselves were oily, had their tension still left in them, and I saw no signs of soot or carbon build up on them or in the grooves on the piston. They actually looked pretty good, nice and "snappy"...

And that piston, I just grabbed it off the bench and shot a photo, I did not clean it. They all looked like that, with the carbon/soot on the tops.

The shop knows I have the mandate removed and were very leery of doing this job, as they have seen some really horrific mandate removals. Some outfit has gone as far as to drill holes in the block destroying the motor. There is another local shop doing the "cook the motor" mandate removal that the butcher shops do. I interviewed him not knowing they did that. He wanted to fix mine with one of those old fashioned turbos and manifold along with his "custom" tune. He blamed my tune for the head gasket, which I know is BS. I ran from him. The shop I am at, International dealer, will not touch those trucks, as the damage is to extensive and they can only return the truck back to stock, which is very expensive.

On my truck, I showed them around, told them what was done, they said ok, we will see what the internals look like... They about fell over! Said it was one of the cleanest 2008 ISX they have had through their shop. Both externally and internally. It is so good, they are giving me the full warranty on all parts and labor. They liked what they saw. Works for me.