[SEL] Stuck Piston Rings

[Mark Shulaw]

If you don't have a torch, stand the piston up on end and pour 
boiling water in the back side. Boil enough to pour it full, dump it 
out after a few moments. Refill with the rest of the hot water.  Or 
if you have the stuff needed, Just boil the piston in a pail of 
water. Dump some detergent in the water after its boiled a while, 
doesn't take much.    Mark



At 09:43 PM 4/28/2009, you wrote:

>
> > On Apr 28, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Ed stoller wrote:
> >
> > > I finally got the piston out of my Ottawa ES 4282 , 4 HP and the
> > > rings will
> > > not budge. They are packed in with carbon. I had the piston soaking
> > > for a
> > > couple of weeks in a metal paint can in Acetone and ATF. The surface
> > > looks
> > > nice and clean but the rings are stuck. I may have broken one of them
> > > already. I was thinking that maybe some hydrogen peroxide would
> > > oxidize the
> > > carbon?  Any ideas?????????
> >
>If you have a torch heat the inside of the piston in back of the 
>rings, this will expand it away from the rings.
>J.B. Castagnos
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Mark Shulaw
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