JE Pistons & block assembly

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

Phew! Yeah, I used motor oil when I installed the
rings. I only used molly assembly lube on threaded
bolts where specified by ARP or whatever, and on
bearing surfaces.

Neal


--- Rick Alexander <ralexander03@snet.net> wrote:
> It's Molly lube that you are not supposed to put on
> rings. It's some sort of
> chemical reaction thing that will affect the seating
> of the rings. Least
> wise that's what I remember learning. I always oil
> them up good.
> 
> Rick Alexander
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neal" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
> To: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>;
> <vwnuts@yahoo.com>;
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:44 PM
> Subject: RE: JE Pistons & block assembly
> 
> 
> >
> > > A ring file is basically a fine pitch flat file.
> make sure you
> > > measure them.
> > > usually they dont need to be filed but you dont
> want to find out the
> hard
> > > way.
> >
> > JE rings will DEFINITELY need to be filed. Mine
> had zero gap out of the
> box.
> >
> > > DO NOT LUBE THE CYLINDER BORES AFTER INSTALLING
> THE RINGS. this will
> > > end you up with a "wet" engine which will cause
> the rings not to
> > > seat and it
> > > will burn oil constantly.
> >
> > Hmmm...I've NEVER heard that before. It wasn't
> mentioned in the books I
> > read. And I definitely don't know everything about
> engine building, but I
> > don't understand why that would happen either.
> >
> > Any oil on top of the rings will get burned in
> combustion. Any oil between
> > the rings is MEANT to be there, right? Or are
> those not oil galleys in the
> > piston that exit between the rings? And of course
> the oil sprayers (if you
> > have them) will spray the bottom of the pistons,
> feeding those galleys.
> How
> > does some oil on the rings during assembly harm
> things, exactly?
> >
> > Anyway, I hope my engine still breaks in OK! After
> only 100 miles, it
> > doesn't seem to consume any real amounts of oil,
> considering I know I have
> a
> > slight gasket leak and that they're forged
> pistons...
> >
> > > you should also have the bottom end
> > > balanced while
> > > you have it all apart. make sure to use lube on
> the bearing journals
> when
> > > assembling. oh and dont forget to bring the
> pistons with you when
> > > you drop
> > > off the block. they will need them to bore it
> properly.
> >
> > Yup. Yup. Yup!
> >
> > Neal
> >
> >
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