[V8] Engine rebuild options

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Both the 3.6 and the 4.2 cylinder bores are bare aluminium/silicon, and rebuilding them is not a problem. 

---- "Ari Palomäki" <ari.palomaki at pp1.inet.fi> wrote: 
> Hi Bastian,
> 
> thanks for the warning - you are quite right. The V8 block is useless, if 
> the wall coatings are damaged. I had in mind to scope the block, or better 
> yet, lift the heads before handing over the money.
> 
> - Ari -
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bastian Preindl" <bastian at preindl.net>
> To: "Ari Palomäki" <ari.palomaki at pp1.inet.fi>
> Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] Engine rebuild options
> 
> 
> > 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)?
> >
> >
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