<VV> Oil Control Rings

[Ron]

Check the bores.  You may find that the sand you've been driving through has 
bored it out an eighth of an inch or so.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Berry" <duallycc at gmail.com>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 3:54 PM
Subject: <VV> Oil Control Rings


> Hey All;
>
>   I pulled this 110hp reverse rotation engine out of my Meyers Manx
> buggy a little over a year ago. I was out on the dunes at Pismo and
> this engine started to use oil a little at a time but then over 5 days
> it was blowing blue smoke like crazy out of each side of the exhaust.
> I've had this engine in this buggy for about 5 years and have made
> many sand trips with it and lots of driving back roads and trails. I'm
> tearing it down (first time corvair teardown) and the compression
> rings look like they have 1/8 inch gap (or maybe a little larger). But
> my questions are with the oil control rings. I thought I would see
> what the ring gap is with these, but these rings just fall through the
> cylinder. Are they suppose to do that? Is there a spec for a ring gap
> on the oil control ring? In fact, is there a spec for the gap on the
> compression rings? Thanks for any information.
>
> -- 
> Gary Berry
> Prosser, WA
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