Lootbug
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Hi all,
I just got into a project 181se. Upon inspection I found it had a bad air leak at the cylinder base. So I pulled the cylinder and it was lacking a base gasket and had no sealant of any kind. While looking things over I noticed the piston had a couple of small cracks
. This was disappointing as looking through the exhaust the piston seemed to be in decent shape. Which brings me to the question of what replacement piston to buy? I see HLsupply has a nice meteor one ring piston kit, and also have a double thin ring piston kit. Is there any noticeable performance difference between the two? The original piston is a thin ring if that makes any difference?
Thanks in advance.
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I just got into a project 181se. Upon inspection I found it had a bad air leak at the cylinder base. So I pulled the cylinder and it was lacking a base gasket and had no sealant of any kind. While looking things over I noticed the piston had a couple of small cracks
Thanks in advance.
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