Piston Oil Rings

[Guest]

After the fantastic help I got here for my hydramatic problem I am hoping for some help on fitting piston oil control rings....<P>The central ridged oil ring, which sit between two flat rings, has little green and red plastic inserts in the troughed ends. I am wondering if they should be removed as I am having trouble compressing the rings for installation. Unfortunatly the old pistons are themselves replacment and differ from the new ones....<P>Can anyone advise?????????<P>Regards<BR>CrestaMan

[Guest]

I have a hard time imagining you'd want anything made out of plastic so close to the combustion process. They are probably shipping material of some kind.<P>Cheers, 3MP

[Rick Hoover]

Crestaman,<P> DO NOT TAKE THEM OUT! <P> They are there so you can't overlap the ring during compression. Otherwise, you could bind the ring, or even break one. "Sealed Power" brand ring set I take it.<P>Rick