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Re: Drilling holes in pistons
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 9/22/2009 3 Replies

Back in my Mitsu days, this was a problem on the 3.0 engines.

The holes aren't there to allow oil to the rings. They allow a path for excess oil to go after the oil rings scrape it off the cylinder walls.

No need to drill more holes, but you may n... Login to read more.

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