Ring Deposits

[Donald]

I think the only real way to have a chance at cleaning crud off the rings is pouring a solvent on top of the piston and letting it run through the series of rings.

Of course removing each piston and cleaning each ring would solve the problem also

 

[PontiacHO]

It better be a good product, the stuff costs like $56.00 a quart.

Yes it is. When outboard motors costs 17k to over 22k it needs to work. Folks that troll while fishing appreciate it.

 

[Brian123]

Yes it is. When outboard motors costs 17k to over 22k it needs to work. Folks that troll while fishing appreciate it.

I am sorry, I just like the troll comment, LOL

If people get to a spot where they want to fish I am guessing they do not turn there engines off? Are these folks that troll, little people? LOL

Seriously, this sounds like a good product!

 

[ZeeOSix]

Most people have a separate little trolling motor ... problem solved.

 

[OVERKILL]

This is just crying out for some slides from Mobil, lol:

That last slide shows the shift from PAO to Group III (VISOM).

Yes, there's some lighting tricks happening in that last slide.

 

[Propflux01]

snake oil if you ask me, the saturn 1.9 is renowned for burning oil due to deposits in the oil control ring lands, and geniuses saying "oh it's burning oil let's buy the cheapest conventional for top-up and never change it" really exacerbates the problem. the only truly effective way i've found to clean them out is to disassemble the engine and scrape the carbon out with a pick, i've tried a number of soaks and oil additives and never saw anywhere near the reduction in oil consumption that i did from disassembly and manual cleaning.

don't get me wrong, i have seen some improvement by running 15w40 hdeo and going on a few hundred miles of nice spriited drives, but it still wasn't close to the level of improvement that actually scraping that carbon out of the ring lands with the engine apart achieved.

I think you might want to investigate this oil alittle further before you call it snake. Cummins engine company is the one who had it formulated for oil control in diesel engines. It does work. Not to mention Saturn engines are notoriously known for low tension rings causing the issue.

 

[PontiacHO]

Most people have a separate little trolling motor ... problem solved.

Out on the Gulf Stream with a 32 ft Grady and twin 300 Yamahas in 3 foot seas…
Nope. You use your motors.
Bass boat, yes use a trolling motor.

 

[ultraviolet]

I think you might want to investigate this oil alittle further before you call it snake. Cummins engine company is the one who had it formulated for oil control in diesel engines. It does work. Not to mention Saturn engines are notoriously known for low tension rings causing the issue.

actually the problem is a lack of drainback holes in the oil control ring land, combined with the propensity of many saturn owners to be cheap with their oil choice/defer oil changes excessively. saturns don't use low-tension piston rings. (note, i am talking about the saturn s-series, anything newer than 2002 isn't a real saturn and fell victim to gm's badge-engineering crusade)

my point, however, was not specific to that individual product. rather, after trying numerous soaks and additives to try and get those ring lands cleaned out, i've simply found that there's no replacement for disassembly and plain ol' mechanical cleaning. products like that might provide some incremental improvement but it won't be the "night and day" difference you get from actually returning the ring lands/rings to a factory clean state.

 

[MalibuRam65]

Pennzoil base stocks have what it takes to fight Ring Deposits you can run 10k OCI in city driving and not worry