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Old 02-18-2012, 12:45 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by fochs View Post
Hoping that the absence of oil on the piston tops points to no leaking rings.
False hope.

Any oil that is forced up past the rings is oxidized in the combustion chamber. That would be white smoke out the exhaust.

You'll never see any evidence of bad oil rings by looking at the piston tops.
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