The broken ring is used to scrape carbon out of the ring grooves. It has
been done for years.
Frank Krajewski
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Harris - "sammler"" <sammler@bellsouth.net>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Removing Carbon Build Up on Piston Heads
>A broken piston ring was recommended to me for use as a scraper in this
> situation - it seemed to work fine but I hadn't tried anything else,
> before or since.
>
>
>>> removing carbon
>>> ...it is best to leave a ring of carbon round the
>>> outer edge of the piston.
> _______________________________________________
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