.080" squish is definitely too much.....I imagine that's why you're not getting any compression out of it.......
Unfortunately sounds like poorly made offshore crap!:msp_mad:
Unfortunately sounds like poorly made offshore crap!:msp_mad:
Episan piston deck height issue (Stihl 064)....What do you think??
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weedeaterman
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Yeah bad lesson learned I guess!
Funny thing is, I found that seller...I think you mean "Onlinepartsandmore", and they have sold 26 of those 064 cylinder kits and they only have one Neg (Ever) from a completely unrelated part.
I wonder if it's just an incorrect deck height on that piston you got.....Have you still got your old piston to compare??:msp_confused:
I wonder if it's just an incorrect deck height on that piston you got.....Have you still got your old piston to compare??:msp_confused:
Yes I know this is an old thread, but it is about improper Episan deck heights and to
provide "heads up" information!
Here's two pics taken yesterday of a Northwoods Saw supplied Episan #1166 "Stihl 056" 52mm windowed style piston
on the bottom, and the Stihl OEM Mahle piston on the top, sharing the same connecting 13mm wrist pin. This is probably a
mislabeled 064, as the deck height is .045" taller (would not turn past TDC)...but the wrist pin hole is 13mm.
Might make a good pop up piston, but the skirt on the Episan is way short too, compared to the OEM Mahle. I thought
that 064 had 12mm WP, these are both 13mm. S056 & the Episan are 1.5mm rings, not the 064 1.2mm.
The wrist pin in the kit was a 12mm and thus 1mm too small to fit...confusing at best. Apparently Northwoods
isn't inspecting the kits they sell. It's going back to Sal for a refund.
provide "heads up" information!
Here's two pics taken yesterday of a Northwoods Saw supplied Episan #1166 "Stihl 056" 52mm windowed style piston
on the bottom, and the Stihl OEM Mahle piston on the top, sharing the same connecting 13mm wrist pin. This is probably a
mislabeled 064, as the deck height is .045" taller (would not turn past TDC)...but the wrist pin hole is 13mm.
Might make a good pop up piston, but the skirt on the Episan is way short too, compared to the OEM Mahle. I thought
that 064 had 12mm WP, these are both 13mm. S056 & the Episan are 1.5mm rings, not the 064 1.2mm.
The wrist pin in the kit was a 12mm and thus 1mm too small to fit...confusing at best. Apparently Northwoods
isn't inspecting the kits they sell. It's going back to Sal for a refund.
