Re: reinstalling old piston and rings

Posted by Michael Soldan on November 21, 2005 at 15:13:14 from (24.235.41.226):

In Reply to: reinstalling old piston and rings posted by jgeorge on November 21, 2005 at 14:54:43:

A mechanic friend has helped me do a couple of engines and this is what he does. He takes a can of STP and dips his fingers into it and slathers the walls of the cylinder, works it around the entire surface of the cylinder ,squirts some oil onto the surfaces and then slides the piston into the sleeve or bore. The piston and rings are lubed for start up. We set the gaps of the rings at different degrees around the piston..the chances of them all lining the gap up is pretty thin. Then before starting the engine, with plugs out , we spin the engine over until oil pressure has built up, then we are ready to start the engine. Just plain oil will do to lube the cylinder..good luck ..Mike in Exeter Ontario

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