PISTON RING LEAKS.
'Sometimes when an engine is taken down it is found that the slots in the piston rings are in line, the rings having gradually worked round into this position. In the case with rings with slanted slots, the trouble can he overcome by making certain that the slots are at a different angle in succeeding rings. That is, if the slot in the top ring slants from left to right, see that the slot on the next ring is from right to left.
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Franklin Times, Volume XIX, Issue 138, 27 November 1929, Page 7
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86PISTON RING LEAKS. Franklin Times, Volume XIX, Issue 138, 27 November 1929, Page 7
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