I just read something I really don't like:
Found here.
Anyone know anything about this? I was not so careful about the alignment of the oil ring backing springs with relation to the slot in the piston. I was careful regarding alignment of the ring gaps - or, more importantly, off-setting the ring gaps. But I don't think I installed the oil ring backing springs with the gap in the spring over the slot in the piston. The springs were sort of perforated along the edges, so I assumed that they would not block the slots enough to be an issue.
Jeez, I hope this is not true - I really, really don't want to have to open the whole damn thing back up just to spin the rings a few degrees...
The original Atomic Four rings didn't have an oil ring backing spring, but the replacement Hasting rings do. It doesn't say in the instructions included with the Hastings rings, but the oil ring backing spring has to be installed with the gap in the spring over the slot in the piston at the bottom of the oil ring land. If you cover the slot with the backing spring the engine will usually burn oil after a rebuild.
Anyone know anything about this? I was not so careful about the alignment of the oil ring backing springs with relation to the slot in the piston. I was careful regarding alignment of the ring gaps - or, more importantly, off-setting the ring gaps. But I don't think I installed the oil ring backing springs with the gap in the spring over the slot in the piston. The springs were sort of perforated along the edges, so I assumed that they would not block the slots enough to be an issue.
Jeez, I hope this is not true - I really, really don't want to have to open the whole damn thing back up just to spin the rings a few degrees...
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