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Old 05-24-2009, 11:32 AM   #23
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Very interesting thread.

Any speculation as to why oil ash content causes higher preignition? Is it because of the ash in the exhaust->intake carry-over volume due to the burning oil in the expansion/exhuast strokes?


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Compare that to oils that have relatively high ash contents (1.2, 0.9) which experienced their first pre-ignition event within 8 cycles.
Preignition within 8 cycles??!! I doubt many people have paid that much attention to oil ash content in the past -- how can there not be more blown motors because of this?
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