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Re: [T3] Problems, Problems ;-(


4/22/2003 5:19:39 PM, "Mark Seaton" <mark.seaton2@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>From: "Russ wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net>
>> Piston rings rotate as the engine runs. That is what the 60 degree cross
>> hatch in the cylinder walls is for when you hone the cylinders.
>So does this mean that they will all tend to end up with their gaps aligned
>due to this being the line of least resistance to the expanding compression
>gases? 

I'm sure the gaps do "line up" from time to time while the engine is running,
but I'd imagine that don't stay like that very long, or if they *do* it's 
because something else is wrong.



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