Reply To: Seized motor piston rings

[Dale]

William Jatzek wrote:

Yes I planned on splitting the crankcase and asses for water rust damage on crankshaft, bearings, reeds etc. My original question was if I could keep the piston rings in the exact order they came off the piston cleaned them up, cleaned piston and piston groove’s and if cylinder cleaned up with a light hone can they be re used satisfactory ? I never really bothered to fix a seized motor before to many good low hour engines in Ohio to be had. I would think if every thing regarding piston rings was assembled the way it was originally with a light hone they would just re seat themselves. Maybe I am wrong. Opinions please. Thank You Bill,

Bill you motor needs to be evaluated when you get it apart. If you can get the rings off the piston without breaking them you can slide them back into the bore to see what the end gap is. That will tell you how much wear it has. Look for scoring and deep scratch marks on the piston and the bore wall. If you have your engine all apart you sure don’t want to do a half S job on it! Pistons and rings are available, seals and gaskets too! The engine will tell you what it needs, the decision you need to make is how much moo-la you want to put in it!

dale

get’em wet….don’t let’em set!