A few minor scratches aren't cause for alarm, but those big enough to catch a fingernail on and/or running the full length of the ring travel should be avoided. If you MUST use them, try to arrange the cylinders so the worst scratches aren't towards the bottom.
--- Jack Dinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill: I called the shop and they said, "If we honed > them, they are > good enough." Also, this shop is an hour's drive > from me. So this is > a dead end. > > I just now searched the web for cylinder honing. I > found lots of > comments that say honing at home is never a > substitute for machine > honing. So I won't be attempting the job myself. > > >I can't afford the $180 for new Ps & Cs, so I plan > to use mine and hope. > > Thanks for your comments. > jack > > > > > > >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 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
