[TR] Break in Oil

[David Porter]

a ridge at the top of the bore won't necessarily score the piston. It's 
more likely that the ring gap was too small. I use 0.04" per inch of 
bore. So at ~3.5 inch bore one should have 0.14" +/- a thou. gap.
Dave P.
On 9/16/2014 3:17 PM, terryrs at comcast.net wrote:
> Okay.  I rebuilt my TR3A stock engine, used 30 weight non-detergent for a break in period, then switched to Mobil 1 fully synthetic.  All good.
> Then...engine was overheating.  Investigation led to a cylinder sleeve that the machine shop cracked when honing (I say honing because they didn't remove the lip at the top).
> Removed and replaced the cylinder sleeves and the now scored pistons.
> Question:  I've been running the same full synthetic oil.  But what does that mean for seating the new rings?
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
> New Hampshire
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