[Vwdiesel] Welp

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/2010 11:52:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jhsg at sasktel.net writes:

> Just another one of those things that should be checked but rarely are. I
> know of 3 stock car motors that died from that very thing last year, just
> too much hurry, not enough time to do it right.
> 
> What hone did you use Loren? Dingle ball or flat stone?
> 

  Dad's pu's original engine was the one that did well and we had to 
file the rings so much I swore they had to be oversize!  End gap either 
hit ends or almost overlapped!  Never had to file rings much ever, 
certainly not as much as those needed!

  I alway use a 3 stone hone.  Sears or KD, not sure which it is but 
it's always done well.  Had to rehone the pu's TD and my Jetta's blocks 
after getting them back from the machine shop.  Too fine of honing 
and the rings wore out in 15K on the Jetta!  Took 20 minutes on the 
phone with Total Seal to figure that one out.  Everybody else I asked 
was no  help at all; hole in intake, wrong rings, installed wrong, no 
oil, etc, etc.