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Originally Posted by Rodrelic
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Rodrelic,
From the link you provide, I can't find the reference you refer to that states a clearance of.0015" between piston and bore. I speculate these numbers could be for split skirt pistons. The solid skirt pistons currently available require more clearance than .0015".
I have repaired a number of engines using solid skirt pistons that did not have sufficient clearance. Scored pistons and scratched cylinder walls are the found problem along with all the metal shards in the bearings....expensive.
One of my customers made a statement after I repaired his engine:
"If they had opened up the clearance then, (when the engine was built) I wouldn't be opening my wallet now." True.
Good Day,
Dave