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Old 01-05-2009 | 01:56 PM
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Default RE: Piston Ring End Gap

The piston ring are porous to take up oil inside and it has graphite inside as a part of the lubrication
There is no graphite, there is carbon but it is locked up between iron, moly, and other crystals.