Subject: Re: I'm this >< close....to giving up by jsup on 2008/5/27 13:07:31
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CasetheCorvetteman wrote: If the oil pump was sucking air when cold, it wouldnt suck any oil, cause itll suck up what ever is easiest. Cold oil wont be as easy to suck up as either hot oil, or crank case air.
Unseated rings wont cause this issue, and yoube be blowing a heap of smoke if they hadnt seated.
Id also think youd be seeing high coolant temps if indeed you were getting excess bore friction, and probably more so then high oil temps.
Does this think have a block heater or oil cooler? I havent seen a block heater on a Corvette, so i dont know if they run on single phase mains power or 12vdc.
What does a compression test tell you?
I want to take it back to the guy who put the piston in before I start touching anything. If there's any way that he did something, if I start touching it, it's my problem, not his.
