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Offline Brad B

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had compression..........now don't
« on: October 12, 2008, 05:02:12 PM »
I dug out an old enya engine that I got someplace...  It was full of old dried castor but it had GREAT compression.  I took it apart, cleaned it. probably made a mistake, but I took off the rings and cleaned the piston.  Made certain I put the rings back on in the same grove and the same side up.  I lost about 1/2 the compression that I had.  Will it come back after I run it and the rings seat again?  Or should I just get a new set of rings for it and start over?  Thanks, B

Offline Dick Fowler

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Re: had compression..........now don't
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2008, 06:23:01 PM »
Should be fine... nature of the beast. Put a few drops of castor in it and flip it. Should see improvement.
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Offline Manuel Cortes

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Re: had compression..........now don't
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2008, 09:05:27 AM »
Hi all.
You have leave it without the castor old varnish coat it had......really is a worn engine, but you can try running it on tne bench with all castor (up to 30%) for some high revs runs to let it restore the compression..... tell what happens please.

Good luck, I´ve seen really only few Enya´s worn out.

Regards from Spain.

Manuel


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