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Greg.. saw the pics of the pistons... all 4 of the top rings were broken?....must of been a bad set of rings... explains the oil buildup... the bearings wear looks ok but you can tell from the streaks the oil was really dirty...the pic#2 of mikes heads ... top left w/sparkplugs looks ok and it doesnt have the tube plug ports....still it depends on the on the face...
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steve
OK, that's better. Interesting that all 4 rings "broke" and that all four seem about broken in the middle. It may be that the re-builder deliberately split them in half for some reason? When my engine broke a ring -#4 , of course- it broke off a piece about 1/4" long, and that short piece wobbled in the groove for who knows how long, before it broke thru the top and rattled around in the combustion chamber for about 50 revs or so, before it embedded itself into the alloy head.
Tom