Dear Fot:
After counting engine heads in the garage and trying to remember how many
heads were sold and scrapped, my estimate is that I have torn apart
approximately fifteen different engines over a period of 36 years. Some of
you have disassembled many more.
This last engine had weird looking pistons, and I wondered if they were one
of British Leyland's designs or options, or someone else's pipe dream. The
pistons were flat domed with the normal two compression rings and one oil
ring above the connecting rod to piston pins. Below these pins was an
additional oil ring.
The engine either had seen a lot of mileage, or the piston design is poor.
The top compression ring was broken on all four pistons, and small pieces
were broken out of three of four pistons at the top compression ring. Just
curious, Bill Emery
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