[Vwdiesel] Initial Diagnosis: 1998 VW TDI Jetta

[Stephen Kraus]

Well I do need to replace the connecting rod bearings, there is uneven wear,
worn in dirt, and 'polishing' in certain spots.

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:01 PM, <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 1/9/2011 11:53:09 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> eriklane at gmail.com writes:
>
> > I always feel a little bad even putting new bearings in - like I'm
> > wasting a perfectly good set that was already in there. (Of course I do
> it
> > anyway, because it's a silly place to save a couple bucks and risk the
> > engine. It's just the thought of how good of shape the old ones were in.)
> >
> >
>   When I first tore into one of these diesels I found the same.
> Plastigauge
> showed that they indeed didn't need replaced.  So I didn't.  Hard to be
> sure that new bearings would indeed be <.001" and not that one would
> really want them to.  Plus they were already properly worn in.
>    Loren
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