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Sticky ring quick fix



I have heard of similar fixes, but never tried one.  Marvel Mystery Oil is the one I hear the most as a cure for sticky rings...  If they are indeed just sticky, I am sure that it would work, if they are worn, well.....  

David
> 
> From: Kervin Ridgley <carsandkites@gmail.com>
> Date: 2004/11/10 Wed PM 12:43:09 EST
> To: "scirocco-l@scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Sticky ring quick fix
> 
> A while back I was having oil around the number 1 spark plug hole and
> a little fouling (oil coating) of that same plug.  The most likely
> case was a ring not sealing quite well enough.  Not really having the
> time to do a rebuild, I thought I'd try something.
> I took the plug out and sprayed some Aero Krull into the number one. 
> I let it hang out in there for about half a day.  My hope was that
> this would loosen the ring. Well, that was about 5 months ago.  When I
> changed the oil this weekend, I noticed that it was dry around that
> plug.  When I change the plugs (I think that will be in January), I'll
> see if the plug fouling stopped to.  Maybe I found a "rebuild in a
> can".
> 
> Kervin
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