Unless this is some radical funk ring, that sounds way off to me too.
If you have 1/2 inch of unsupported oil scrape rings, it ain't going to work.
Deve's may do something different that I don't know about, but it doesn't sound
right.
I would check with whomever you bought the rings from or Deves.
Jim
Dan and Louise Yates wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan and Louise Yates <yates@sk.sympatico.ca>
> To: roadsters list <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: January 15, 2000 5:39 PM
> Subject: Ring gaps
>
> > The manual says the end gap for the oil rings on the 1600 should be .006
> > inches. The new set of Deves rings I got say the end gap for the oil rings
> > is set at the factory. When I put the rings in the bore to check the gap,
> > the top and bottom scrapers are .087 inches and the center oil ring is
> > nearly 1/2 inch. The top two compression rings gap out just fine but the
> oil
> > ring has me confused. I know the gaps on the oil ring are offset from each
> > other but it still seem like a lot of gap. What gives??
> >
> > Dan Yates
> > 67 1600
> >
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