HondaG100 wrote:I can't really help you decide where to buy rings but I do think you should investigate further than just rings. Pools of oil in the combustion chamber of a running engine are very unusual. You have a plugged crankcase breather or similar issue somewhere causing positive pressure which depending on how this engine is set up will send oil into the carb/air filter.
Well, with a .040 ring end gap , I would imagine combustion blow by would do the trick, no? - However, depending on the engine, it more likely has a direct vent breather I would suspect - couldn't tell without model and spec to see what pieces it is supposed to have originally.
and to Mulch: were I to get aftermarket - what I have found that they are all pretty much coming from the same source.. in fact most of them I have found, have the same exact packaging inside - take 'em out of the box, couldn't tell the difference... so I'd tend to just go with best price I can find..
But as correct as HundaG100 may be - it is a little too late - but once you have 'er back together you will want to make sure you verify it is not dumping oil out the breather tube into air filter housing (if it has breather tube - if it is a direct vent, then pretty much rings are all it might be)
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