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Re: Nortstar piston rings
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 1/17/2002

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Properly fitted rings may line up end gaps periodically. We start them out unaligned, but unpinned rings rotate, and may randomly align as the engine runs. In fact, rings have to rotate to avoid stick... Login to read more.