Questions tagged [piston]
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Interference vs non-interference engines
What do people mean when they say that an engine has an interference design? How does it differ from a non-interference engine?
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Why is lugging hard on connecting rods?
I was researching the effects of lugging and came upon this thread, one of whose answers claims that
lugging is really hard on the connecting rods.
but without explaining why. Can you explain ...
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Is it really necessary to resurface cylinder and substitute piston?
I believe this is common in motorcycle maintenance, I have heard in some places that, once you get the piston outside the cylinder there is no way back, you need to resurface the cylinder and get a ...
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Likelihood of every piston ring corroding the same rate
I performed a rebuild of my both cylinder heads on a V6 engine, in order to grind leaky valves. I performed a test of each valve pouring isopropyl alcohol in the intake/exhaust chamber and waiting ...
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How much force is needed to push a piston down? [closed]
Combustion from fuel and air is used to push a piston down. When they combustion it creates a lot of force, my question is how much force is needed to push the piston all the way down when the vehicle ...
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Piston too tight?
I am rebuilding a previously seized engine and after sanding the sidewalls of the cylinder and piston with 1500 grit sandpaper (there was absolutely no other choice) The piston requires much force to ...
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Piston ring gap
Does this look like too big of a gap on my old to compression piston ring?
It measures more than 0.04" (I stacked a 0.02 and a 0.021 feeler gauges together) but I could not find a specification ...
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Finding TDC with a screwdriver.. what if screwdriver gets stuck?
I was performing a leak down test on a chevy vortec 4.3L V6.
In order to find TDC on the #3 cylinder, I stuck a screwdriver down the spark plug hole and slowly turned the crank pulley with a wrench. ...
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