[Vwdiesel] Ring Break-In and Oil use... Alien view

[SLATERSFB at aol.com]

One thing that defies explanation (especially when talking
to myself ;o) is how hard driving beds the rings in when the
rings are free to rotate? All I can picture is an oval
rotating inside an oval (I'm trying to think of which of my
previous engines had the alignment pins in the ring channels
that stopped rotation of the rings and so would allow
true[er] 'bedding in' Maybe reinstalling this item would
improve both the bedding in and keep gas leakage/blowby down
by maintaining  maximum leakage path....
Chew on that guys.
 
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I've seen two stroke engines with ring locater pins. The purpose being to keep the ring end from ending up in a port. My experience is that rings really don't rotate once assembled and seated. I've taken motors apart that I had assembled years before. Knowing my own methods, I could see that rings were exactly as I had placed them.

Bob in NY