Years ago I recall seeing rebuilding instructions for a racing Porsche and they stated some parts I can't recall which ones exactly: Piston Pins, Pistons and/or Rings to be heated in seriously hot motor oil for quite a long time.
Yesterday when I pulled out the trusty old black cast iron skillet for blackend steak I was thinking how cool it is that the grease/oil impregnated skillets cast iron surface is about as stick free as teflon. So I was thinking that you know if you likewise impregnated the piston skirts, wrist pin bores etc they darn well might be more resistant to scuffing.

without subjecting them to direct heat.
Pot of oil on a hot plate etc, get the parts hot and then assemble.

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I can see where impregnating cast iron might be helpful, and very do-able due to porosity. But the other parts you mention? Was it an issue of expansion/shrinkage? It seems the heat would expand the parts. What was the purpose? When I first entered the paint business, it was common practice for the old timers to mix the old alkyd enamel in the cup and set it on a hotplate for a few minutes before spraying. Sure made a slick job, but would have been as slick anyway with exact procedures. RonW

Speed Pro and a few others do. Are you behind the curve BB???LOL Engines built today (not all) live a long time already.

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or no matter if you scrape, sand, grind, seal, Phosphatize and paint the dam salt corrodes the metal and starts rusting in no time--believe me I know with a power boat. Cast Iron Skillets adsorp oil in them and perform just like teflon. Good Ceramic Coating shops will always pre-bake parts to get embedded oil out so the coating will not fail. Welding on old Alum intakes, valve covers etc often results in oil bubbling out that complicates/contaminates the weld.
I figure it this way why not heat parts up in hot oil that you'd want extra scuff resistance? This is especially something to at least consider with Titainium Wrist Pins that are known to gall in wrist pin bores even when the pins are cesium coated. Obviously the hot oil bath will make oil seep into wrist pin bore surfaces on a micro levil and ditto parts of piston skirts not coated.
When I think of the characteristics of a bare cast iron skillet and the same skillet seasoned the properties are impressive--hey the stuff my long gone Granny did to cast iron matches teflon. Take it further Cylinder Walls?

The cast iron does absorb some oil, no denying that but not enough to help. The protection a cast iron pan gets is a coating not absorbed oils. That is why if you scrape it off you have to reseason it. Cast iron cooking is an area where a Scout has a bit of first hand knowledge! LOL Hawkrod

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because it would been heating up and absorbing oil. That would be a good sales point, lol.



Cast iron pans become non stick due to a heavy coat of burned on food and oil.. not because it is absorbed. Oven cleaner will take it down to bare, oil free metal in about 2 minutes.

every since someone here told me about oven cleaner i hardly ever pay to get a part cleaned anymore. that stuff is great but only a name brand one the dollar store stuff dont work at all. im a cheap ass when i can be.

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We go from Coating to Boating!? WOW lets talk Diesels then.......LOL They use a oil jet to cool the bottom side of the pistons and I'm sure it lubes the wrist pins as well.....LOL

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