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Jason M · 06-06-09, 06:13

And even as rings wear, so do the cylinder walls. This makes the engine looser due to the reduction in friction but the engine still "seals" fine since the walls wear in the same pattern. Do a read up on "hard break in" of engines. Most race/high perf. engines are broken in this way.

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Jason M Registered User Jason M is offline Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dillon, CO Posts: 493	Re: As engines age... And even as rings wear, so do the cylinder walls. This makes the engine looser due to the reduction in friction but the engine still "seals" fine since the walls wear in the same pattern. Do a read up on "hard break in" of engines. Most race/high perf. engines are broken in this way.