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Re: Piston Ring inspection

To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Piston Ring inspection
From: Skip & Joyce Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 21:38:18 -0500
Keith, I have found that low RPM is richer and that colors the ring
lands...generally exactly as you describe. When the RPM is up the mixture
keeps the pistons cleaner.....it could be a little oil? I think that your
assumtion is correct. The rings are sealing. Are the rings gapless?
Skip H

At 07:14 PM 5/7/01 , you wrote:
>Curiosity has the best of me.... I was checking out the rings on the Pistons
>out of the Cast Iron D Motor....( getting them ready to be zyglo'ed ) anyway
>I noticed the Carbon only went down to the top of the first ring land....
>
>To me that ment the Rings were Sealing well as there was No Carbon marks
>anywhere Past the top of that ring land....
>
>Is that a correct statement?
>
>Keep in mind this is one of my first Non destructive tests ( well almost
>less a piston )
>
>any comments ?
>
>K

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