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Originally posted by hbrand
What I liked the most about this book was the mentoning that you want to install the

oil-ring with the gap facing towards the top of the engine

- to help against oil leakage when engine is not running.

I bet this is overlooked many times, thats why some engines smoke more - some less - during startup.
In reality, the oil rings rotate in their bores over many miles - I like to tell people to start them in the up direction, as it will at least minimize the effect until they start to rotate significantly.

Too bad about your 2.7 - I hope that Mike wasn't involved...

-Wayne
Old 12-26-2004, 07:43 PM
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