Re: To Hone or not to Hone is the Question

[Buccaneer]

I pulled the rings off the piston and shoved one into the
bottom of the cylinder bore. I came up with .014 end gap,
which seem a little much unless air cooled engines
need more gap? I could not find specs on it.
Doesn’t the bottom of the cylinder bore usually have the least wear?
If so, my end gap could be a little more at the top of the bore.
I did not attempt measuring at the top, as I had a hard enough time
with my angled feeler gauges measuring the gap with the ring
at the bottom of the bore 🙁
There was some carbon under the rings so that could be a minor
issue with the low compression.

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