[Vwdiesel] Stuck rings

[James Hansen]

As I recall, the John Muir "how to keep your Volkswagen alive" fix for stuck
rings, was with the car running, slowly pour a quart can of diesel fuel down
the gasser's throat.  Keep it running with the throttle, and when there is
just a bit left, pour faster and kill it.  Let it sit to cool down, then
restart, and go drive the bag off it... err.. give it an Italian Tuneup.
I wouldn't worry about losing carbon behind the rings, because it is
cylinder compression and only cylinder compression that pushes the ring
toward the cylinder wall. Ring tension and the like just hold them in place
so that can happen.  Carbon keeps them from moving, so if you remove the
carbon, it should work again.  I've never tried this, but it makes sense.
-james

-----Original Message-----.
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Val Christian
Sent: November-26-10 7:27 AM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Stuck rings

A local kid has a gasser with high oil consumption (1qt/350mi) and bad
compression in cyl 1&3.  After hearing the story, I think the rings are
carbon/sludged up.  I am wondering if anyone has had luck with the various
(chemical) treatments?

For her, a rebuild is probably out of the question. Since the car would get
trashed, I'm looking intpo last ditch efforts.


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