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Re: Root Cause of Piston Breakage Between Rings?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 4/8/2011 2 Replies

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Hello, Tim

In most cases, broken rings are caused by detonation or by excessive ring side clearance. But I'm not sure what would have caused the vertical cracking in the pistons.

Just last week, I... Login to read more.

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