why should you have to hone them if you paid a shop to hone them??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Dinan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] scratches in cylinder walls
> Can I hone out the scratches using one of the cylinder hone tools > from a local FLAPS? > How is this done at VW machine shops? > jack > > >>If the scratches are visible, they will leak compression and oil. Either >>hone the scratches out or get new cylinders. If you hone them much, you >>better make sure the ring gap is within tolerance. I recommend finding >>new (or better) cylinders. >> >>Tom Potter >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Dinan >>Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:18 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: [vintagvw] scratches in cylinder walls >> >>I'm re-using the pistons and cylinders for my current 1600 rebuild. I >>had the cylinder walls honed at a shop but I see faint scratches >>running top to bottom on the walls. Not many, but one or two are deep >>enough to catch a fingernail. Has anyone reused cylinders like this? >>jack >> >>_______________________________________________ >>vintagvw site list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> >>_______________________________________________ >>vintagvw site list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
