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I am working on a 5.7 chevrolet engine in a 1988 pickup. I got a rebuild kit from Federal Mogal. It had been opened and it said on the label it was a master kit less pistons. It came standard, standard, standard.
The problem is, I can't get the pistons to load in the block. The oil rings are what's stopping them from going in. They act like they are too big. I took all the rings off the piston and just had the oil rings on. The piston still won't go in. The compression rings are fine. It seems like the oil ring expanders are too big or something.
Anyone got a sugestion or ran into this before? I haven't, in all my years I have not had a problem with chevrolet rings.
The problem is, I can't get the pistons to load in the block. The oil rings are what's stopping them from going in. They act like they are too big. I took all the rings off the piston and just had the oil rings on. The piston still won't go in. The compression rings are fine. It seems like the oil ring expanders are too big or something.
Anyone got a sugestion or ran into this before? I haven't, in all my years I have not had a problem with chevrolet rings.