seating rings

Not full of sh*&. I have done it, it works. I rebuild a 350 chev in a Vette I owned and used molly rings but failed to properly hone the cylinders enough. Smoked like an old lady at bingo.

Thought I had not much to loose, so I reved it to 2000 rpm and slowly dumped a tablespoon of comet down each side of the carb. Dumping it too fast kills the engine. Then Drove it for 5 miles. After than I changed the oil. The change was immediate. It showed no smoke at all. Went from a quart a week to not burning oil at all. Not sure how much I reduced the life, but it ran fine the two years I owned it.

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Smoked like an old lady at bingo.

I love this site. In fact I'm coming up with a soda injection system that cleans the carbon off the piston tops ( while running) LOL thanks CD

Wow!! Sounds simple enough. Oil costs $500 a year. A new engine will cost $20k. Do you think I should try that?

I think the appropriate answer would be,"You're on your own"

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Originally posted by CrazyDave:
... so I reved it to 2000 rpm and slowly dumped a tablespoon of comet down each side of the carb. ...

I didn't notice Dave's username until now...

I love that it worked, too.

[quote]Wow!! Sounds simple enough. Oil costs $500 a year. A new engine will cost $20k. Do you think I should try that?

Look at the advantages, no more burning oil and it cleans the back of the car at the same time.
Richard T.

That's funny Richard!!

Even if it does not work all that it means is you might need to take the engine apart and hone the cylinders and replace the rings and bearings. Dont have much to loose.

...You cannot 'seat' new rings with synthetic oil! The friction that would normally 'wear-in' the rings to the cylinders has been reduced. You must 'Break' the New Engine in with conventional oils; and then changover to Synthetics...