Cylinder sleeve and missing oil rings - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

hchad18 · 03-14-2009, 12:34 AM

I have a .060 over 327 that I am dead set on using. It was bored out, used for not long and then set to the side to get dirty. I recently pulled it apart and am just going to hone the cylinders and put it back together and noticed the number 1 cylinder had been sleeved. ANyone have any experience with how these hold up? Also on cylinders 1 and 2 they left one of the oil control rings off. I would have thought it to be forgot but they left the same one off both cylinders. Is there a reason for this?

JimKshortstep4x4 · 03-14-2009, 05:27 AM

If sleeves are properly installed there should be no problems with them.

No clue on the oil rings but I would put oil rings on the pistons if I were you.

Jim

3quartertime · 03-14-2009, 06:20 AM

Agreed that the resleeve should be ok.

No idea on the missing rings either.

Never can tell what you will find when you tear down an engine thou. One time during bike week in Daytona my Harley's oil pump shaft broke. The bike was overheating, but air cooled motorcycles get pretty hot in Florida in heavy traffic so I didn't suspect a major issue right away. When it stopped and wouldn't start I had a buddy come get me in his truck. We tore the top end off in the camp ground and found the compression rings had broken in to pieces and the pistons got so hot that they distorted and let the ring pieces stack two and three high in the grooves! No body could believe the engine didn't lock up with major damage. New oil pump, pistons, rings and over bore and it ran like a champ!

03-14-2009, 12:34 AM	#1
hchad18 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 372	Cylinder sleeve and missing oil rings I have a .060 over 327 that I am dead set on using. It was bored out, used for not long and then set to the side to get dirty. I recently pulled it apart and am just going to hone the cylinders and put it back together and noticed the number 1 cylinder had been sleeved. ANyone have any experience with how these hold up? Also on cylinders 1 and 2 they left one of the oil control rings off. I would have thought it to be forgot but they left the same one off both cylinders. Is there a reason for this? Last edited by hchad18; 03-14-2009 at 12:35 AM. Reason: typing after two beers

03-14-2009, 05:27 AM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Re: Cylinder sleeve and missing oil rings If sleeves are properly installed there should be no problems with them. No clue on the oil rings but I would put oil rings on the pistons if I were you. Jim __________________ 1971 Shortbox step side 4x4, 350 sbc, 3:07 rear end 1965 Impala SS 400 sbc, Muncie rock crusher 1966 Impala SS 396 bbc, TH 400 1969 El Camino, 350 sbc, TH 350 1971 Snowplow built on a Blazer frame 1972 GMC Short bed, stepside, TH 400, 427 BBC

03-14-2009, 06:20 AM	#3
3quartertime My Mistress the Sea Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bradenton, FL. Posts: 412	Re: Cylinder sleeve and missing oil rings Agreed that the resleeve should be ok. No idea on the missing rings either. Never can tell what you will find when you tear down an engine thou. One time during bike week in Daytona my Harley's oil pump shaft broke. The bike was overheating, but air cooled motorcycles get pretty hot in Florida in heavy traffic so I didn't suspect a major issue right away. When it stopped and wouldn't start I had a buddy come get me in his truck. We tore the top end off in the camp ground and found the compression rings had broken in to pieces and the pistons got so hot that they distorted and let the ring pieces stack two and three high in the grooves! No body could believe the engine didn't lock up with major damage. New oil pump, pistons, rings and over bore and it ran like a champ! __________________ *,,,they'd look alot better as beer cans...* '71 K20 350/350 Rusty but trusty... gone '70 C20... gone '88 K1500... gone '90 C1500... gone '91 C2500... gone '95 C3500 6.5L Dually love this one!...



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