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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
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2-cycle ring installation
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:14:46 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:32:22 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:33:28 -0400, "Lost In Space/Woodchuck"
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All depends if it's a steel, chrome, nicksil, or nicom cylinder bore.
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I know that when new rings are installed in 4-cycle engines that it is
generally recommended that the cylinder walls be honed to remove the
glaze,
so the the new rings will seat properly. Is the same true of 2-cycle
engines?
I expect it is, but I just thought I'd check.
Most cars are plain cast iron: most outboards are plain aluminum.
Casady
Most aluminum cylinders have a sleeve of another, harder material. A
"plain aluminum" cylinder wouldn't live very long.
I think the only "aluminum" cylinder was the Chevy Vega.
I think you are wrong about that, as well.
The cylinder bore was silicon in early models and they later switched
to iron sleeves. They had additional woes due to the iron head mated
to the aluminum block.
Was a high silicon content aluminum. Had to be injection molded and cooled
quickly or the silicon would precipitate out of the aluminum and leave a
soft aluminum surface. The problem was defective head gaskets. They were
porous.
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