Thread: Engine`s gone
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Old 08-15-2022, 01:57 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by JFP in PA View Post
0.4 - 0.8 what? MM, inches?

No, improperly gapped rings can fail at different times and in different ways, depending upon which way they were off. Engine failures are a cascading event, the only way to try and figure it out is to pull it apart and look at each failed part. And yes, and casting failure can lead to hydro locking and blown out cylinder walls
MM.

These were the gap values that I measured in the original engine, the new ring gaps were very close:



Yes, I`m curious to see what went wrong.
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