Re: piston rings

Posted by Tyler (OH) on October 02, 1998 at 19:41:59:

In Reply to: piston rings posted by fred upton on October 02, 1998 at 17:19:37:

Fred when you put ring onto a piston the gaps should be at a one inch stager. Ring rings on a piston do not rotate they seat after a wear in period. In effect you have left a channel for combustion gas to enter the crank case blowing your dip stick. Hate to tell you this but did you save you head gasket Number. Plus if this freind tells you to grease the head befor butting the gasket on tell him that might of been true years back, but the modern gasket materials recomend a dry layup or a cooper spray coat. Good luck with the tear down.
: I just rebuilt the engine in my 8n ford I align all the gaps in the piston rings because my freind told me if you line up the ring gaps that once you start the engine they wiil turn at different speeds and there fore never have blow by but my engine now blows the dipstick out evertime I start the engine HELp

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