[SEL] Cylinder/piston questions

jbcast at charter.net jbcast at charter.net
Mon May 23 19:22:15 PDT 2005



> 
> Do the rings have enough tension or spring left in them?Maybe the engine has 
> got to hot in the past. Seems to me that if compression is lost suddenly as 
> the piston changes direction its rings losing thier seal. If the rings where 
> doing thier job and the piston is good size up to the ring gaps the piston 
> should not wobble? Just food for thought anyway.
> 
The width of the rings in these old engines makes them more susceptable to compression loss from the piston rocking. If the piston rocks it unseats the ring at the leading edge. 
J.B. Castagnos



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