Piston Wear

[vali]

Would be cool if with piston wear, you would lose compression over time and it would be harder and harder to get the car started + it would use more oil since the engine is not as thight as it used to be with less piston wear.

[Dr. Death]

I ask the people that reply above me to try re-reading the OP.

+1. However oil burning is a matter of the piston rings, not the piston themselves, and the compression loss would be minimal. The thing that happens with old pistons isn't worn metal but carbon build up for the most part.

[TriHard]

Originally posted by Dr. Death:

I ask the people that reply above me to try re-reading the OP.

+1. However oil burning is a matter of the piston rings, not the piston themselves, and the compression loss would be minimal. The thing that happens with old pistons isn't worn metal but carbon build up for the most part.

oh damn sorry my bad. And yes the idea is great

[John Beton]

In addition to the piston wear, some way to diagnose worn pistons might be a good idea. A compression tester would be the way to go gameplay wise, either to buy or as a repair/diagnose option at Fleetari. Thoughts?

[Dr. Death]

Ideally you would be able to just look at the piston or feel the head to check the shape.

[John Beton]

That would be with removing the parts. And in this game that isn't really an issue. IRL of course you want to diagnose the problem before taking the engine apart.

Still think a compression test might be the way to go. But maybe Toplessgun has some other ideas about this :)

[Dr. Death]

very rarely do IRL piston wears so much compression drops. Most of the time compression tests is to check head gaskets, valves closing, and piston rings.

[Toplessgun]

Currently there is noticeable power loss when the piston wear goes below 10%. So that should give you enough time to address the issue and replace those pistons before major failure. But I do agree that there could be a some sort of visual cue also with the worn piston... Have to see :)

[Dr. Death]

Well, compression testers aren't really uncommon and they are some of the earliest scan tools that exist with the car fixing world. Lets say that one of those can tell you an average of how bad the gasket and the piston is since the gasket affects compression and an item that directly tells you how good JUST the piston is seems a tad bit OP.

So you would get a final number that depends on the wear of 2 parts, maybe 3 if we add the block, 4 if we add the damaged crank as twisting and changing the stroke and compression of each piston.

[Fluffeh]

Originally posted by Toplessgun:

Currently there is noticeable power loss when the piston wear goes below 10%. So that should give you enough time to address the issue and replace those pistons before major failure. But I do agree that there could be a some sort of visual cue also with the worn piston... Have to see :)

Blue smoke?

[vali]

Blue smoke would be good.

[vali]

Originally posted by Dr. Death:

Well, compression testers aren't really uncommon and they are some of the earliest scan tools that exist with the car fixing world.

Agreed, a compression tester would be super nice addition!

[Toplessgun]

Blue smoke is a good idea, will do :)

[dezzier]

Originally posted by Toplessgun:

Blue smoke is a good idea, will do :)

Might be asking a bit much, but could it also drain the oil? Simulating it burning said oil of course :D