Oil ring end gaps?

art leong · 09-22-2012, 05:58 PM

I'm putting my short block together. And I put an oil ring rail in the block just to see how much end gap there was. I was shocked to find it butted. Took and old ring that just came out of the motor and it was the same.
Years ago we ran the speed pro SS oil rings and never had to gap them.
I'm now (have been for years) running rings from JE with a different oil ring. I looked at the paper that came with the rings and it says at least .015 gap.
I gapped them. Did I do the right thing?

09-22-2012, 05:58 PM	#1
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Oil ring end gaps? I'm putting my short block together. And I put an oil ring rail in the block just to see how much end gap there was. I was shocked to find it butted. Took and old ring that just came out of the motor and it was the same. Years ago we ran the speed pro SS oil rings and never had to gap them. I'm now (have been for years) running rings from JE with a different oil ring. I looked at the paper that came with the rings and it says at least .015 gap. I gapped them. Did I do the right thing? __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS