JE Pistons & block assembly

[maardak@yahoo.ca (Mark)]

 --- Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com> wrote: > 
> 
> 
> >When I asked him about installing the pistons "dry", he mentioned
> that
> >as soon as the engine starts, oil will reach the rings anyways - too
> >quickly to seat the rings if you believe they should be "dry" to do
> so.
> 
> Huh?


A split second after the engine starts for the first time, oil will be
all over the cylinder walls, and therefore the rings will get
lubricated.  If the pistons were installed without oil, how will this
very short time w/ no lubrication aid in seating the rings?
  

Mark.
80 S
81 S
  

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