Are there any tricks to help seating rings...
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03/17/11 09:06 PM
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Buddy has an engine that sat around for a while, while the car was being built. Engine runs fine, just low on compression due to the rings never fully seating. I've heard their are a few tricks to help seat them even after having run the car for 200 + miles. The scariest trick that was told to me was pouring a teaspoon of Ajax into each spark plug hole, then firing it up Anyone have any tried and true tricks of the trade, other than tearing it down
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Re: Are there any tricks to help seating rings...
[Re: BloFish]
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03/17/11 10:12 PM
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Not Ajax.
Bon Ami, sprinkled down the carb as the engine was running.
At lease that what I used to hear when I first started working on cars, about 50+ years ago!
Never tried it and wouldn't recommend it. Run it hard or tear it down.
'64 Sport Fury, 528 Hemi, FiTech EFI, 4-speed, 4.10 Dana 60 '57 Belvedere 2dr sedan, current project in process '19 Cherokee Trail Hawk Elite '03 Ram 2500 CTD HO, 6-speed 214,000 miles and still going strong
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Re: Are there any tricks to help seating rings...
[Re: RapidRobert]
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03/18/11 03:18 AM
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Run it hard
X2 and read "breakin secrets" at www.mototuneusa.com (5 minute read) & no bon ami/ajax
I read this link posted by Rapid Robert and first thought... "Easy for THEM to recommend I wail on a fresh motor... Its not THEIR engine." It began to sink in after reading similar arguements elsewhere. I posted a question.. "How long do I have to wait until I can Peel out?" Look it up. NOBODY suggested to baby it for 500 miles like it says in many old school owners manuals. It seemed abusive to me at first. I sold new cars in the 80s and since then, I had the imprint in my brain that new or rebuilt components need to be driven with care. In 2004 when I built the 440/493, I drove it REAL easy during the first 500 miles, then changed the oil. In the next 2500 miles, it used oil, got slower and eventually started smoking . I pulled the motor out to hone it and put in new rings.
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Re: Are there any tricks to help seating rings...
[Re: RapidRobert]
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03/20/11 12:26 PM
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Run it hard
X2 and read "breakin secrets" at www.mototuneusa.com (5 minute read) & no bon ami/ajax
buddy told me he does 4-5 burns out to seat the rings. They are either going to seat or not. I burned up the #3 on my supercharged 440 TWICE. Both time I honed the wall real quick then dropped the piston,,, just drove it. Never had any problems.
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Re: Are there any tricks to help seating rings...
[Re: BeEtLeJuIcE !]
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03/20/11 12:27 PM
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WHICH grits ? ... what brand and price?
Don't recall exact grit, they were right off the tool truck, but seemed to be on heavy grit side.
I have a MH 413(dished pistons) that I am putting some std bore(flat-top) pistons in-it. NICE bores ...all I think is that the bores need to be scuffed-up a tad.
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Re: Are there any tricks to help seating rings...
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03/20/11 12:29 PM
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Use a real hone...if you want your rings to seat correctly.
Is someone here OFFERING a loaner ?
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Re: Are there any tricks to help seating rings...
[Re: buildanother]
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03/20/11 12:44 PM
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It's a SUNNEN too! Aren't all our garages filled with inexpensive equipment like that?
I do HEAR YOU ..... the only people that can afford long-dollar stuff like this ....
...... are energy REsellers ! (don't I wish)
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