Hear Too Much Piston Slap on Rebuilt Saab 3 Cylinder, Two Stroke Engine

//Hear Too Much Piston Slap on Rebuilt Saab 3 Cylinder, Two Stroke Engine

Hear Too Much Piston Slap on Rebuilt Saab 3 Cylinder, Two Stroke Engine

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Once the engine was taken apart I discovered the block had not been bored.  Someone had installed a rebuilt crankshaft with new pistons (Non forged) but did not re-bore the block.  There was about .007″ clearance between the pistons and the cylinder wall with a feeler gauge.

By |2014-06-02T11:17:18-05:00May 14th, 2012|Tom's Tech Tips|0 Comments

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