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Old 05-06-2009, 02:35 PM
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I have a motor that I picked up from my friend. He left the spark plug wires out of the motor and it sorta sat there for a while, so now the motor cranks but it won't turn over. Another friend told me that the piston rings might be dried up and dropping a couple drops of oil into it will fix that. Does that sound reasonable?
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Default Re: Dried Up Piston Rings?

That is a good idea, many people do that to a motor that has been sitting for a while. You may want to use more than a few drops though.
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Put ATF in each piston and let it sit for a few hours then try in turn it with a socket on the pulley bolt. to turn the crank. Automatic Transmition Fluid If you didn't know.
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Okay cool, I'll give that a try. How much would you recommend me putting into each piston? I don't want to put too much, or too little.
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Default Re: Dried Up Piston Rings?

just enough to surround the outer part of the piston where the rings are so it seeps down their and soaks the rings.
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Default Re: Dried Up Piston Rings?

Worked for me
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just enough to surround the outer part of the piston where the rings are so it seeps down their and soaks the rings.
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