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Re: oil getting thinned out
« on: Jun 01, 2006, 07:28:04 PM »
running too rich can waste an engine by washing down the cylinder walls.  the oil film in the crosshatch gets washed away by the gasoline, and creates friction that rapidly wears out the rings and pistons.