Ring Failure--second time
#43
Sorry it took so long. My machinist wanted to be there on tear down. Any insight would be appreciated.
same thing happened, rings started to seize into the pistons again, but I caught it at the beginning stages. We took rings out of 2 pistons and checked the bores, does not look like the ring ends touched. Gap was 16 top-18 bottom on the ones we checked, but just like last time we had failure, and debris in the ring lands which caused them to stick. Will need to rehone bore. I’m still at a loss, will be re-ringing, new pistons (old out of a 99), rehone, and trying one more time. We will use Mazda rings like the last go round. Any ideas??
same thing happened, rings started to seize into the pistons again, but I caught it at the beginning stages. We took rings out of 2 pistons and checked the bores, does not look like the ring ends touched. Gap was 16 top-18 bottom on the ones we checked, but just like last time we had failure, and debris in the ring lands which caused them to stick. Will need to rehone bore. I’m still at a loss, will be re-ringing, new pistons (old out of a 99), rehone, and trying one more time. We will use Mazda rings like the last go round. Any ideas??
#46
I am entertaining tune, but I ran 500 or so miles before failure but I’m questioning everything now so I’m not sure. I also was thinking maybe blow by would cause excessive carbon. I know enough to feel comfortable with my tuning ability to keep it right enough to get miles on before I brought it to a tuner I trusted. Failure also came as I introduced boost. I did go expected slightly rich in boost cells, then pulled it down, but not anything excessive.
crank is fine, bearings fine, not perfect, but useable, oil was as expected with the wear on rings.
crank is fine, bearings fine, not perfect, but useable, oil was as expected with the wear on rings.
#47
I am entertaining tune, but I ran 500 or so miles before failure but I’m questioning everything now so I’m not sure. I also was thinking maybe blow by would cause excessive carbon. I know enough to feel comfortable with my tuning ability to keep it right enough to get miles on before I brought it to a tuner I trusted. Failure also came as I introduced boost. I did go expected slightly rich in boost cells, then pulled it down, but not anything excessive.
crank is fine, bearings fine, not perfect, but useable, oil was as expected with the wear on rings.
crank is fine, bearings fine, not perfect, but useable, oil was as expected with the wear on rings.
#49
New block on that motor, honed. Rods, bearings I reused as they were fair, and they are still usable, but may replace at this point. Pistons were out of a ‘99. New rings. Pic below of that build.
low compression after seeing slight smoke on a short ride, figured it out quick as been here before. Also afr’s started to get jumpy on idle, seen that before, so instead of working on tune I checked mechanical.
low compression after seeing slight smoke on a short ride, figured it out quick as been here before. Also afr’s started to get jumpy on idle, seen that before, so instead of working on tune I checked mechanical.
#52
I don't believe the rings were the root cause. The first build could have been caused by oil wash down and oil dilution combined with too small of a piston to wall clearance. The second eng looks like it was from contamination and oil wash down. Vapor honing is bead blasting. The oil wash down is a tuning issue. The contamination is mostly likely from parts that were reused and in an accelerated state of failure.
I have seen people reuse heads without cleaning out the oil galleries. The result was the head started to wear quickly which sent a substantial amount of metal through out the system. The same can happen with the oil pump. The oil contamination shows on the piston skirts early since they get a fair amount of unfiltered oil from the sump via windage. The pressurized oiled components receive filtered oil and can fair better then the others . The oil pump is a special case which is lubed by dirty oil and that is why an oil pump from a failure should never be reused. The pistons could have been cleaned up with a nylon brush and soapy water by hand. I will often use a wire brush on the crowns if the carbon is very hard.
I have seen people reuse heads without cleaning out the oil galleries. The result was the head started to wear quickly which sent a substantial amount of metal through out the system. The same can happen with the oil pump. The oil contamination shows on the piston skirts early since they get a fair amount of unfiltered oil from the sump via windage. The pressurized oiled components receive filtered oil and can fair better then the others . The oil pump is a special case which is lubed by dirty oil and that is why an oil pump from a failure should never be reused. The pistons could have been cleaned up with a nylon brush and soapy water by hand. I will often use a wire brush on the crowns if the carbon is very hard.
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I am entertaining tune, but I ran 500 or so miles before failure but I’m questioning everything now so I’m not sure. I also was thinking maybe blow by would cause excessive carbon. I know enough to feel comfortable with my tuning ability to keep it right enough to get miles on before I brought it to a tuner I trusted. Failure also came as I introduced boost. I did go expected slightly rich in boost cells, then pulled it down, but not anything excessive.
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#57
Did you install the pistons wet or dry? I doubt a dry install would be the cause of a failure, but I'm curious. I agree with LeoNA with all his points. That looks the engine was being flooded with fuel and washed the cylinders. I suggest never getting into boost until after you have it tuned or you at least have tuned a nearly perfect NA tune yourself.
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One of my bad habits.... repeating myself
Actually, I don't need an answer, I'm just suggesting you consider the question.
I would also suggest you put your over-boost safety cut to about 105kPa, rather than 205kPa; just to be certain you don't repeat.
I hope your 3rd build sticks.
#60
I did put a new sensor in before I put the new head in. It registered about .5 off vs mspnp. I adjusted my ms map to confirm as I couldn’t figure out how to calibrate it. I’ll do some research on making sure It’s calibrated and reading properly again.
I’ll get going on getting it together, then turn my attention to tune. It seems everything is pointing to my lack of understanding with tuning. I’ll have to spend some effort there.
I’ll get going on getting it together, then turn my attention to tune. It seems everything is pointing to my lack of understanding with tuning. I’ll have to spend some effort there.
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