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Re: Finally got my Sprite back on the road...

To: "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>, "Kurtis" <tr4driver@gmail.com>,
Subject: Re: Finally got my Sprite back on the road...
From: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:44:11 -0500
do not discount the possibility of stuck rings.   

chuck


> [Original Message]
> From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
> To: Kurtis <tr4driver@gmail.com>; Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: 3/28/2006 8:31:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Finally got my Sprite back on the road...
>
> I'd bet on a combo of rings that aren't completely seated and some minor
corrosion on bores due to it sitting.  Take it for a good long ride, don't
be bashful with the throttle.
>    
>   Kurtis <tr4driver@gmail.com> wrote:
>     After over a year in the "dungeon" I finally managed to get my Sprite
back 
>
>   Anyone have any theories on what the likely cause of the oil burning
is? Is 
> it possible that the rings haven't seated properly? The car has a 1275 
> engine.




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