Video about SL2 pistons having no drain holes, new replacement pistons do have them, but not factory pistons
Not my video.
What I did was drill smaller holes and then enlarged them. I did not want to score the ring lands. I prefer SLOTS as they are less likely to clog as holes. But hard to make a proper slot.
When I pulled out my pistons they were solid packed hard baked carbon in the oil control rings, totally stuck down, same as not even there. Doing nothing. Took a lot of effort to even remove the old rings.
I bought this car from an old guy in NJ, took the train up there and he met us in the train station yard. I bought it sight unseen, except for EBAY pics. It was using oil at 75,000 miles.
I bought the car for $500 and sold it for $800 at 185,000 miles. I drove it for 115,000 miles and it burned oil whole time, but it got steadily worse and worse till I couldn't stand it no more. Worried about completely running out of oil just driving around town as wife would keep driving it when oil light come on. She would come home and tell me the light was on again! I would ask her, how long was it on? And she would say a while, like every tine she stopped, started, and went around corners. I guess from the oil slopping around in the pan uncovering the pickup.
So I say you should stop and add oil, and she says you got to be kidding, I'm not going to stop just anywhere.
So I sold it as is to a dad buying a car for a young daughter who was known for wrecking cars. I told them they must add oil to the engine. But otherwise, everything worked well. And the inside was clean. it was a powerful engine, had lots of zip. The dad liked it, and I said, do you know how to work on engines, and he said yes, and I said good...
