My little Bukh is using oil, I can't see it blowing out behind me but if I look down I can see blue
smoke above the water. The cheapest thing to do is to keep pouring oil into it, but that's not my style.
After an hours running there's a noticeable drop on the dipstick. I believe it's a fairly straight forward
job unless any of you guys that have done it tell me otherwise. I saw the Bukh man at the show
and he said they stock everything I need but I forgot to ask if I can order the rings before I start
the job or if I have to wait. So you fellas that have done the job, can you advise me. Thank you.

+10 for good advice !
With sample in hand, and the bore of the cylinder(s) checked for wear, one could seldom go wrong.
Refurbishing the injector(s) at the same time would be prudent.

Sam, if there is a noticeable drop on the dipstick after only 1 hr of motoring that would seem to be a real problem. Yes you may be dealing with a broken ring but I have even had a car with a crack across the top of a piston which caused lots of smoke despite running OK for many, many Km's. It may also be caused by worn valve stem seals, whereby oil circulating around the top end/valve gear leaks down the stem of the valve and into the combustion chamber.these are very easily replaced, and often are, when the motor is having a fair bit of work done on it. Re: the ring size you may find it stamped on the underside of the ring. Good Luck with the work.

I would use the FTC first as well. Could be just glazed bores and gunk build up in ring grooves. Too many people baby these engines and run them stationary to charge batteries etc. Use the FTC at the strong ratio first and give the motor a bit of a work out.

Thanks for the response fellas. The bores would not have been glazed while I've had it, I am aware
of how it happens and avoid it.
Ramona the oil is mono.....30 grade I think.
FTC. I don't know what that is......please explain.

Thanks Ramona. Is it a one time only application, and for my small engine what size bottle am
I looking at. I assume its put into the fuel tank.

Thanks Ramona...looks like that's the way to go.

There is also a product "liquid intelligence " , give the manufacturer a ring . Very helpful, western suburbs of Sydney, they do post out.

OK ,so I had to think about what I was going to do without going overboard (so to speak).
I decided the smallest cheapest option might indicate if the problem is big or small. So I
bought a can of Liqui Moly from Repco ($20). Easy to use, you just squirt it in the air intake
with the engine running at about 2500 RPM. I used the whole can as instructed then went
for a full throttle blast around Pittwater for an hour. The dipstick showed no oil used, Yay.
When squirting the product the engine revved to about 5000 revs and made a noisy clanging
sound, like piston slap, the noise died off shortly. After the treatment the engine sounded
"sharper" and seemed to rev easier. There was no sign of any smoke on the trial run except
for a bit of black smoke when I throttled up.
So I am thinking maybe the problem was gunked up piston rings, if so, then this stuff did the job.
I run my engine every week, but only to get out to the sailing ground so I must admit that it
hasn't been run hard enough or long enough to keep it clear but it's OK now. I guess you would
call it an easy fix.

Yes that's right HG. I should have given the product its full and proper title as you did.
It might be cheap and easy, but it worked for me. BTW good to hear from you HG