<VV> More on piston rings concern or.. improvement ?

J R Read_HML hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 31 03:16:54 EDT 2007


Hi Bob,

So...  You are not disagreeing, but offering an additional possible 
(possibly more frequent) reason for the phenomenon?

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BobHelt at aol.com>
To: <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; <r.gault at sbcglobal.net>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> More on piston rings concern or.. improvement ?


>
> In a message dated 7/30/2007 10:43:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> hmlinc at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> Every  once in a blue moon, you may see a puff of smoke (oil) at start 
> up.
>
>
> JR,
> Most likely caused by cylinder warp. Heat and cooling cycles allow 
> cylinders
> to sometimes take out-of-round shapes.
> Regards,
> Bob Helt
>
>



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