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NATEDOG

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19th Dec, 2005 at 05:42:07pm

PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP. I AM REBUILDING A 1989 METRO TURBO ENGINE, BUT I AM GOING INSANE TRYING TO FIND PISTON RINGS TO MATCH. THE COMPRESSION RINGS SEEM FINE BUT THE OIL RINGS ON THE PISTON SEEMS TO BE DEEPER (125 THO) TO THE NEW ON*tired*ES

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19th Dec, 2005 at 05:50:36pm

Rings are NLA for the stock piston i believe....

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NATEDOG

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19th Dec, 2005 at 05:55:47pm

Wasted time honing then, oh well. Any options on best pistons *blush*


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19th Dec, 2005 at 06:06:27pm

Not sure if there correct??

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NATEDOG

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19th Dec, 2005 at 06:15:05pm

Did contact rover, they basically put the phone down. cheers, i'll give it a shot *happy*


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19th Dec, 2005 at 06:19:44pm

Is it just the oil control spacer that's different (thicker)?
How do the oil rings themselves compare with the old? If they're the same - maybe you can just use the original spacer with the new rings?

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19th Dec, 2005 at 06:22:08pm

you beat me to it dave , i once used that method in the past.

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NATEDOG

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19th Dec, 2005 at 06:24:46pm

the rings are also bigger, is there any reason why nobody stocks these rings anymore ?

NATEDOG

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19th Dec, 2005 at 06:31:14pm

my rings have 125 thou depth, on enquiring about new oil rings , i found that spares centres couldnt tell me the depth of the new? just kept saying only one listing they will fit....resulting in wrong ones over and over *frown*


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23rd Dec, 2005 at 06:30:45pm

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25th Dec, 2005 at 01:25:29pm

I had the same problem when lookin for new rings in standard size, ended up using the new compression rings and the old oil control rings as they werent to bad, But gonna go the 1293 route on the next rebuild.
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