[Vwdiesel] Welp

[Tad]

You had to rering an 04?  How many miles?  Any other extenuating
circumstances leading to the rebuild?

Just curious...

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:54 AM, brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net> wrote:

> If you push it down to *just* under the ridge you may find quite a bit more
> wear than you realize.
> Most of the wear occurs in the last 1/2 inch at the top; just before the
> ridge.
>
> >Put the fresh ring into the bore and push it down
> >with a piston to about an inch from the top.
>
>
> P.S. About 2 inches of 3" diameter PVC split on the side with a hose clamp;
> works great as a ring compressor (cover only the rings; not the piston
> skirt) Crappy spring steel, band types don't work.
>
> Just did my '04 jetta.
>
> BrianG
> Iowa
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