Re: Checking cylinder damage..

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <000701bef4b7$27287d30$01181ba1@olsy.dk> thyrsted2@olsy.dk (Kenn Thyrsted) writes:

> Well, as my turbo has eaten the metering-plate spring (Probst chapt.5 p.9
> fig 2-10 and 6 p.8 fig.3-8.), i want to visually check the cylinderwalls
> when i have removed the head.
>
> How do i do that when i've actually locked the crank, - how many turns
> should i do in order NOT to disturb things...
> multiplum of 2 - or 5 ?

You need to turn the crank once only, back to the TDC mark on the
flywheel, and lock it again.  The crank will rotate 360 degrees,
lowering each piston exactly once to the bottom of its travel.

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 Phil Payne
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