[Vwdiesel] Re: headless EuroVan - rings/valve cover ooze?

[rOLf peCHUkas]

high-oleic Canola is the stuff (+ additives if you want to make it WAY 
better than petro lubes)
reputedly 30x more stable than regular veg-oils
(linseed oil is *supposed* to dry (!))
check out:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1999/v4-247.html
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-029.html
http://www.machinerylubrication.com/article_detail.asp?articleid=240

gonna think about buying a(nother) hone and look into where to get 
Total Seal rings - where do you get yours?

thanks again

Rolf
Side-of-the-Road, Leverett, MA


On Jun 20, 2005, at 9:19 AM, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

>   Bore wiggle always looks worse than it really is but I agree that 
> doing
> rings is wise, if all else permits.  No proper hone doesn't sound too
> permitting to me.  Do this wrong and you'll a) never get the rings to
> properly seat b) they'll seat but use oil c) both a and b.
>   You could improvise a hone with some sandpaper and your hand but
> as small as my hands will fit into, I don't like putting them in a VW
> diesel bore anymore.  Just hurts too much.  I make the kids wipe out
> bores for me whenever I can now.
>   The ooze is from blowby but a bad grommet there would let it leak
> out rather than run back in or go out the breather.  Or even just let
> a little leak that really wouldn't otherwise (not that there isn't a 
> fair
> bit going out the breather anyway.)
>   Ring groove cleaner is easy to improvise, a broken off ring as a 
> scraper.
> It's how I used to always do it.  Very time consuming, and the sharp
> edges of the ring tend to hamburger your thumb.  :-(
>   There's NO WAY you could even PAY me to run any vegetable oil in
> the crankcase!  The stuff solidifies with time and heat.  Ever look at
> the dribblings from a can of Linseed oil?  Turns solid.  Veggie oil 
> will
> too and I seriously doubt it has the capabilities to hold the soot in
> suspension.  Not to mention what that carbon could do to the pump
> and injectors if you burn it for fuel.
>   That ooze tends to sound like high carbon amounts in the oil so I
> wonder if your injectors are getting tired as well?
>      Loren