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Originally posted by Excaliber
Your gonna love the next installement. The pistons are going in WITHOUT being "soaked", "dipped" or "coated" with engine oil!! In fact I'm not even wiping down the cylinder bores with engine oil before putting them in the bore! SAY WHAT? Am I CRAZY???
Stay tuned........ 
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As somebody that gets to see a LOT of damaged pistons and piston rings - the answer to this is - unfortunately - yes. I manage the Speed-Pro line for Federal-Mogul. We sell a couple sets of rings.
Please don't assemble your pistons and rings dry, or with some kind of magic elixer or powder. They will be lubricated with
OIL for their entire life in the engine. Lubricate them with OIL upon assembly. The oil will not dry up, clog up, gum up, turn to deposits, or any such thing.
At least 2/3 of the damaged parts we see here are caused by either dirt or lack of lubrication on initial startup. Keep things laboratory clean and use lubricant on everything that is supposed to be lubricated - - and you'll eliminate a whole host of woes. It's your money and your labor - why take the risk?