[Vwdiesel] Welp

[Stephen Kraus]

Rented a honing set from Autozone, its the stone type not the ball type

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> 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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