[V8] Engine rebuild options

[Bastian Preindl]

Hi,

be careful with used ABH engines - many of the ABHs, mainly the older 
ones (91 till late 92) are known for having problems with their NiKaSil 
cylinder coating. It doesn't help to change the piston rings, it's just 
a waste of money. Heading for an S6 oder S6+ engine is probably the 
better idea if you want to be on the safe side.

Bastian

Ari Palomäki schrieb:
> Hi Listers,
>
> as I am forced to tackle my ever-dripping ABH -engine, I have decided to get a junkyard engine, go through it sparing no time and then just replace the drip-drip -one with a rebuilt one.
>
> I have generally always used genuine Audi -parts for everything, but as there are no piston rings, nor main/conrod -bearings for the V8 available from Audi, I was wondering if any of you have experience in using aftermarket items or even interchangeable V.A.G. -parts(like VW Golf 16V)? 
>