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Re: Root causes for a gasoline vehicle to 'smoke'?
Posted to Emissions Forum on 2/15/2008

Hiya, Mike.

We've seen carboned oil control rings, some just plain stuck in the piston and not able to expand to the cylinder bore with the proper tension. Overheated engines will destroy tension in the rings as well.

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