I pulled my engine due to some oil consumption. This is after I put 30k miles on it.

I have pics of both sides in this post.

When I pulled the pistons, I noticed that 1 had a top ring in the second ring location. My pistons spec for a 1/16" ring for both the top and second rings.

I did notice that all of the other second rings did not completely wear on the outer face. The very top edge was not shiny metal. For the top ring that was placed in the second groove, it was completly shiny.

So, I'm looking for opinions as to what effect this had on my oil consumption?

 

measure the ring to groove cleaance