Broke 7 top piston rings with cam only LT1?
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Broke 7 top piston rings with cam only LT1?
My LT1 had severe blow-by towards the end of last year. Around 6,200 rpm's oil would be pushed out the oil dipstick tube all over the engineand I also had white smoke pumping out the oil filler cap. I pulled the engine out and everything looked pretty good no scratches in cylinder walls. As I was pulling out the pistons 7 out of 8 had the top piston ring broken in half! The ringlands on the pistons are fine, just have the broken top rings. What would cause the top rings to break into 2 pieces on a cam only LT1 engine? I have about 10,000 miles on this setup and the engine was still running great besides the white smoke from the oil fill cap. I have a XE 224/230 with supporting mods and a PCMforless mail order tune. I am going to rebuild the engine, but would like to know what caused this to happen so it doesn't happen again!
Jeff
Jeff
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The motor was bone stock from GM when I did the cam upgrade, engine only has 86,000 miles. I could see too much timing or running too lean, maybe I will get with Bryan at PCMforless so he can recheck the fuel and timing just to be on the safe side.
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