# Where to throw the towel in

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-to-throw-the-towel-in/90874>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 11, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-to-throw-the-towel-in/90874 "2015-08-11T18:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-to-throw-the-towel-in/90874/21 "2015-08-12T22:54:38Z")

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Yes, just the piston ‘‘head’’, not the connecting rod or wrist pin , just the piston portion with rings, used.  
The previous months of pre-ignition pinging blew clean through the top of the piston, you could see right through it like a pipe.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-to-throw-the-towel-in/90874/22 "2015-08-12T23:38:00Z")

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**“I’m surprised no one asked for mileage, and maintenance history”**

In her initial post, she informed us that…  
**“It has 194,000 miles on it.”**

In later posts, she stated that she has owned the car for about a year, and she implied that the prior maintenance history was an unknown–just like with most used cars.

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**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-to-throw-the-towel-in/90874/23 "2015-08-13T00:06:02Z")

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You are correct. I missed that. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-to-throw-the-towel-in/90874/24 "2015-08-13T06:40:21Z")

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Say it ain’t so. You used the original wrist pin and rod with another used piston? Whatever works.

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