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  1. 73m819

    Heating a seized engine. Ideas?

    Yes I agree on common sense BUT using a porter power it is very easy to get high pressure real quick when dealing with captive pressure. ONE high over pressure is all that is needed to break a lot of things, unless you have done this MANY times, have pressure setting valves (valves that can be...
  2. 73m819

    Heating a seized engine. Ideas?

    By doing this you stand a very good chance of bending a rod, breaking rings, breaking piston lands (where the rings fit on the piston), bending/crack the crank, blowing out the side of the block, crack between cylinders, any or all of the list can happen at the same time, there are a few more...
  3. 73m819

    Heating a seized engine. Ideas?

    Heating the block unless SUPER hot will NOT work, even super hot most likely won't work, the reason I say this is the stuck rings will move with the block as it expands, the rings needs to be compressed to be installed, then they expand for a tight fit to the block , as the block gets hot from...
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