<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7475" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7822">Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:46:25 -0500</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7821">From: Roger Elliott <</span><a ymailto="mailto:elliottr@rmi.net" href="mailto:elliottr@rmi.net" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_6861" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">elliottr@rmi.net</a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">></span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">To: </span><a ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7819">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7530">Subject: [TR] Rings Not seating</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7531">Message-ID: <</span><a ymailto="mailto:55871491.3040105@rmi.net" href="mailto:55871491.3040105@rmi.net" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7820">55871491.3040105@rmi.net</a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">></span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7572">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">Hi,</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7573">What is the most likely cause of rings not seating?</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7574">I rebuilt my Spitfire engine about 4,000 miles ago and still have </span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7575">excessive oil consumption. I don't seem to be leaking oil, so my </span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7576">assumption is that it is getting past the rings.</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7577">I did check the gap on all of the rings during installation and they all </span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7578">were within tolerance - generally towards the tighter end.</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7832">I am planning on taking off the head and putting new rings on.</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">What steps should I take to try to make sure the new rings seat </span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">properly? I am thinking I should run a hone down cylinders just to </span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">roughen up the walls a bit.</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7579">Thanks,</span><br style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7580">Roger Elliott</span><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7475" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7581">-------------------------------------</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7475" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">Hi List!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7475" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7582">Roger, I hope you installed Each Ring Layer gap set 180^ to the next Each Ring Layer gap?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7475" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7475" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7661">If you had each layer gap in a vertical line with the next layer, then you may have the leakage easier to increase from the top of the piston area, to the sump pan space.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7475" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">-Cosmo Kramer</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7587"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7464"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435071456152_7463">-Cosmo Kramer</div></div></div></body></html>