[MR2] Stuck Piston Rings.

[Racing Strong Motorsports]

One word of warning... turn the engine over without the ignition
plugged in and the spark plugs out. Basically to get the liquid out of
the cylinders. Liquid does not compress and in theory you can pop the
head off the block :)

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Bill Strong
Racing Strong Motorsports
http://www.racingstrong.com
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Donald Chalfant <dkchal at datasync.com> wrote:
> Kroil is good stuff too   www.kanolabs.com
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Jerry Helman
>  To: andy.champ at tesco.net
>  Cc: IMOC MR2 List
>  Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 3:36 PM
>  Subject: Re: [MR2] Stuck Piston Rings.
>
>
>  You've received good advice from Bill Strong. However you may wish or find
>  that you need something stronger than WD-40. In a long career in the marine
>  repair business, I have on several occasions cured such a problem, even
>  freed a seized engine where water in the cyls had rusted the rings to the
>  cyl walls. The product we used for this was an "Engine Tuner", (several
>  names exist for such a product, depending upon manufacturer)
>
>  Carbon Cleaner, etc. In any case the success depends upon the severity of
>  the condition. Letting it set for a few days w/this stuff in the cyls might
>  improve your condition. Good luck.
>
>
>
>  Jerry Helman/Senor Dos/ 85 MK1
>
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