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Oil control rings and lessons learned - with pics!

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9 hours ago, EricJ said:

I've not heard of using Mobil 1 for that, but it is not unusual, especially for certain engine types, to put some Marvel Mystery Oil (MMO) in the oil for the same purpose.   

 

Mike Busch has a procedure of ring flush of using mix of 1 gallon Varsol (mineral spirits),  1 gallon Xylene (dimethylbenzene),  2 quarts Aeroshell W100. Its a hydro locking procedure, but you are hydrolocking it by moving the prop by hand. DO NOT run your engine with ring flush mix.   

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The gap appears to be way too wide for where it is sitting, and there's a piece that's broken off in the groove still. 

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On 11/1/2022 at 3:41 AM, tmo said:

I've read, on the internet, so take that into account, about people adding a pint of automotive Mobil 1 0W20 for a few hours / last flight before an oil change. It supposedly helps clean things up. What do the smart people here think, apart from it being obviously an unapproved approach. But I guess so is Camguard in turbocharged engines.

Is Camguard unapproved for use in turbocharged engines??

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25 minutes ago, smwash02 said:

It's complicated.

Interestingly Continental used it, and actually required it, in an optional improved warranty program for 1 or 2 years with new engines in order to collect some good data. But nothing has ever been published or publicly released to date that I know of. 

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Practical evidence from a sample of one TSIO-360 says it does not hurt. ;) (I was trying to be funny in the previous post, sorry about that)

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