[Vwdiesel] to bore or not to bore

[Kenneth E. Oldrid]

Hey Mikey,
I'm in the same boat. The car is only in fair condition and I am a dirt poor
student. I plan on replacing the rings, head gasket, head bolts, and other
gaskets in order to squeeze 30-50k miles out of it. If I had the funds, I would
porbably bore it out. Good luck!

Ken
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> Michael Hitchings wrote:
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> > I'm still rebuilding my 1.6D NA and I was given some advice and would
> > like to bounce it off you.
> > Background - The engine probably has 230K on it and the first time it
> > came apart was in my garage. I don't know how well it ran before that
> > since it came from a junk yard.
> > I was advised to have the cylinders bored out once over and to get the
> > next size pistons and run those. Partly to make sure there isn't a lot
> > of blow-by, but also to help fix the run away problem these things have.
> > Is this advice I should take to heart or finish putting it back together
> > w/o redoing the bottom end?
> >
> > Any $0.02 is appreciated!!!
> > Thanks,
> > Mikey
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