[Vwdiesel] Help water in cylinder

[Harmon Seaver]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 01:33:35PM -0500, Forrest L King wrote:
> Help -  I just openend up the engine on my 25 dollar rabbit D and the
> middle two cylinders were full of water - and it has been there for a
> long long long long long long time -- about 2 years I think.   The engine
> is locked up, I tried towing it in gear with the head off to pump the
> water out-- no luck, it just drug a tire.
>
> Has anybody had any luck with this?  It seems I might be needing a new
> engine block...   any suggestions?
>
   I've rebuilt some antique engines that were rusted like that. Try the WD-40
and/or kerosene Nate mentioned, if that doesn't work, what I do is take a
oxy/acetylene torch and heat the piston top and surrounding cylinder wall --
mostly the cylinder walls, try to get them hot enough to expand and break the
rust free.


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Harmon Seaver
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