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  1. Newsgroups: rec.autos
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!news.centerline.com!noc.near.net!viewlog.viewlogic.com!brad
  3. From: brad@buck.viewlogic.com (Bradford Kellogg)
  4. Subject: Re: Rotary vs. Piston Engines
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov5.213306.10087@viewlogic.com>
  6. Originator: brad@buck
  7. Sender: brad@buck (Bradford Kellogg)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: buck
  9. Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
  10. References: <92309.094205KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu> <Bx7KG5.90t@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <antkasx.720933737@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
  11. Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:33:06 GMT
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  15. In article <antkasx.720933737@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>, antkasx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Ken A. Sturrock) writes:
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  17. |> As I'm really ignorant about pistons:
  18. |> How does the piston's movement in a piston engine prevent oil from
  19. |> burning in the combustion chamber?
  20. |> 
  21. Piston rings, sometimes four of them, exactly fit the cylinder bore, and
  22. until they're worn or broken or the cylinder wall is worn, there isn't
  23. very much that can slip by in the amount of time the piston spends in
  24. any one stroke.
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