[Vwdiesel] Piston Rings

[Andrew .Libby]

By the time these engines need rings, the bore are pretty much always out of
spec.

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Best is to measure your bore and make sure that it's in good enough
> shape to not be bored oversize. Or have you already checked that? To
> do it well you need at least six measurements per hole, two
> measurements at every level. One longitudinally along the block and
> one 90 degrees offset to that. Then you do that near the top of the
> cylinder, midway down, and near the bottom. That shows if it's gotten
> egg shaped or distorted along the piston's path of travel.
>
> If it's all good then just replacing with whatever size your piston is
> should be good. (Though you should also get some feeler gauges in
> between your rings and the ring lands to check for wear there.)
>
> All this depends on the story with what's going on with your engine.
> Are you building it up new, or repairing a bad ring problem, or what?
>
> Erik
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Kurt Nolte
> <syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > If you aren't intending to bore and oversize, and can see your piston
> faces, look for the piston size stamped on them. There is usually a size in
> mm, plus a "+.xx" that should tell you the oversize.
> >
> > Or you can just measure your piston diameter.
> >
> > -Kurt
> >
> > ----- Reply message -----
> > From: "Stephen Kraus" <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, Jul 15, 2010 9:44 pm
> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Piston Rings
> > To: "vw fans" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> >
> > I am trying to figure out what piston rings to get for my engine, but I
> am
> > unsure what to measure or if I can just use a set of OEM rings
> >
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