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Oil control rings
I'm kinda of confusing myself on this one...but when oil control rings leak...oil will seep into the combustion chamber..my question is how does this happen when the side seals and corner seals are in its way..I take it, its b/c oil can find it way through about anything and the seal between the side seal and corner seal is not perfect. Ive torn down my blown 13B before and I pretty familiar with all the internal peices... Please can I get intellegent people to respond.....you know who you are!
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You are correct, basically rubber blocks oil better than metal, so it seeps through the creases and burns away, depressingly enough if it's really bad the car will act like a oil pump and it'll look like your exhaust is a oil mine in texas!
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thanks man..another question..carbon build up..in a boinker motor..carbon build up on a piston will raise the Comp. Ratio and can cause detonation. Now when I tore down my s4 13B with 140k on it, that rarely saw over 4k RPM being driven by a grandma with the stock oil injection. My rotors were just completely caked with carbon...how come rotaries dont run into detonation problems with all that carbon? Not enough of it..or does it have to do with the design..
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Originally posted by CrackHeadMel
im guessing it finds it way by going between side seals and corner seals. Im no expert though
im guessing it finds it way by going between side seals and corner seals. Im no expert though
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Carbon buildup inside engines (any internal combustion engine) can cause detonation, not because it raises the compression though, but because it creates a rough edge and can also act as a glow plug and ignite the fuel/air mix.
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I agree...but how does it not raise the C/R? Anytime the the space between BDC and TDC is decreased the compression ratio goes up. If you have alot of carbon build up on top of a piston it will make that relationship smaller. Although maybe not enough to cause detonatoin..just thinking...
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Originally posted by marcus219
I agree...but how does it not raise the C/R? Anytime the the space between BDC and TDC is decreased the compression ratio goes up. If you have alot of carbon build up on top of a piston it will make that relationship smaller. Although maybe not enough to cause detonatoin..just thinking...
I agree...but how does it not raise the C/R? Anytime the the space between BDC and TDC is decreased the compression ratio goes up. If you have alot of carbon build up on top of a piston it will make that relationship smaller. Although maybe not enough to cause detonatoin..just thinking...
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it does raise the C/R. Our C/R is 9.4 or 9.7 (s4/s5), but the actual psi ratings are much lower. My Volkswagen Rabbit, with a C/R of 8.2:1, got over 180 psi when brand new. My RX-7, with a C/R of 9.7:1, would only get about 120 psi brand new.
Generally, in any N/A car (except maybe a ferrari), it takes a lot of carbon to cause detonation.
You should be more worried about carbon lock than detonation. Just redline occasionally, and maybe steam the engine (put water in intake).
And, about the oil ring Q: the oil rings were designed to hold the oil in. The side/apex seals weren't. Plus, there are spaces between the seals in some areas. The oil rings are circles, so there are no edges for the oil to seep through.
Generally, in any N/A car (except maybe a ferrari), it takes a lot of carbon to cause detonation.
You should be more worried about carbon lock than detonation. Just redline occasionally, and maybe steam the engine (put water in intake).
And, about the oil ring Q: the oil rings were designed to hold the oil in. The side/apex seals weren't. Plus, there are spaces between the seals in some areas. The oil rings are circles, so there are no edges for the oil to seep through.
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I would be _VERY_ suprised to see a noticable difference in compression ratio caused just by carbon build-up, it would chip off and carbon lock your motor long before it got this far...
rotary>piston, your analagy is flawed, pistion engines and rotary engines make their compression quite differently, dare I say it, piston engines seal better than rotors at really low RPM's (ie, cranking) generally speaking..
rotary>piston, your analagy is flawed, pistion engines and rotary engines make their compression quite differently, dare I say it, piston engines seal better than rotors at really low RPM's (ie, cranking) generally speaking..
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White_FC is right, thus the rich idles, and why they smooth out so nicely in the higher RPM's. I also agree that by the time carbon changes your C/r, you're going to have at least 3 apex seals sitting in your exhaust manifold.
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Originally posted by White_FC
I would be _VERY_ suprised to see a noticable difference in compression ratio caused just by carbon build-up, it would chip off and carbon lock your motor long before it got this far...
rotary>piston, your analagy is flawed, pistion engines and rotary engines make their compression quite differently, dare I say it, piston engines seal better than rotors at really low RPM's (ie, cranking) generally speaking..
I would be _VERY_ suprised to see a noticable difference in compression ratio caused just by carbon build-up, it would chip off and carbon lock your motor long before it got this far...
rotary>piston, your analagy is flawed, pistion engines and rotary engines make their compression quite differently, dare I say it, piston engines seal better than rotors at really low RPM's (ie, cranking) generally speaking..
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Originally posted by SonicRaT
White_FC is right, thus the rich idles, and why they smooth out so nicely in the higher RPM's. I also agree that by the time carbon changes your C/r, you're going to have at least 3 apex seals sitting in your exhaust manifold.
White_FC is right, thus the rich idles, and why they smooth out so nicely in the higher RPM's. I also agree that by the time carbon changes your C/r, you're going to have at least 3 apex seals sitting in your exhaust manifold.
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Originally posted by White_FC
Carbon buildup inside engines (any internal combustion engine) can cause detonation, not because it raises the compression though, but because it creates a rough edge and can also act as a glow plug and ignite the fuel/air mix.
Carbon buildup inside engines (any internal combustion engine) can cause detonation, not because it raises the compression though, but because it creates a rough edge and can also act as a glow plug and ignite the fuel/air mix.
Next time you have a timing light handy, hook it up & watch the timing retard as you tap the engine with a small mallet.
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eh?
Of course the knock sensor retards timing, thats it's sole purpose in life.
Still does not change the fact that it should not be pinging in the first place and that it has nothing to do with the compression ratio 'change' due to carbon build up.
Of course the knock sensor retards timing, thats it's sole purpose in life.
Still does not change the fact that it should not be pinging in the first place and that it has nothing to do with the compression ratio 'change' due to carbon build up.
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And I don't think N/A's have knock sensors
And I don't think N/A's have knock sensors
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