Piston slop

bretto

Seaman
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Is it normal to have a little play side to side of pistons in the cylinder?
 

baxtr

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Re: Piston slop

the pistons will slop slightly, the piston rings take up the rest. If your rings are also sloppy, you will lose compression.
 
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