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Originally Posted by undy
It also can happen when your fuel regulator goes snafu and you put 10lbs of fuel pressure to your float valve lifting Holley. You end up with 1 or 2 - 1/8" streams of fuel running down yer engine's gullet. That'll wash the snot out of a set of rings.. not to mention destroying your engine oil's lubricity too.. 
or.... simply a piece of trash under one of the said valve seats..
or... a dead/unfiring plug
or... no compression in a/several cylinders, i.e. unburnt fuel,
Typically ring wash IS NOT caused by a carb's rich mixture. |
You are correct. It's caused by non-atomized fuel in the cylinder. There are many causes for this.
Gasoline if it's still liquid will not burn. If it does not burn, it desolves the
oil on the cylinder wall.