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| Subject: | Re: First Oil Change |
| From: | John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com> |
| Date: | Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:40:22 -0400 |
Frenken, Eric wrote:
> John, I can't imagine why higher vacuum would enhance cylinder wall
>lubrication.
> Could you please explain?
Particularly before piston rings have "bedded in," manifold/cylinder
vacuum tends to draw oil past the rings *up* the cylinder wall.
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JohnM
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