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• 1987 syncro westy w/bad engine, what can be done?
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:59:17 -0700
  ...Is it worn out rings? Bad Head/valve(s)? Both? Can these engines be re-ringed only? Should I get pistons with cylinders? Are...
• Re: Rebuilt engine, how tight is too tight?
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:20:57 -0400
  ...Do you mean the internal tolerances? Things like rod/main bearing clearance, piston/bore clearance, and ring end gap? I would go by the...
• Re: power loss then blue smoke!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:28:56 +1200
  ...the rings. >Or one of the valve guides are broken. I had that. >Or something else that some other guy says... Piston burn-through...
• piston fit and the Boston Bob school of cylinder preperation
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 7 May 2004 15:57:54 -0400
  ...The weak point of the used WBX piston and cylinder set is the ring land wear and that cant be compensated for or corrected...
• Re: Does GREG'S Import Motor's Suck?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:08:18 -0400
  ...oil scraper rings were installed with the expansion "springs" >overlapping, so that the rings didn't expand out from the piston. VW never used...
• Re: Knock Knock ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:30:15 -0800
  ...A compression or leak down test may be able to locate the offending ring. Piston slap would more likely be due to a piston...
• Re: Engine Break-In Oil Weight
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 7 May 2007 21:07:07 -0700
  ...They did nothing to the damaged cylinders/pistons and rings. I couldn't get them to do it again for me so I decided...
• Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:41:44 -0600
  ...for escaping air as well to see if its valves or piston/rings On Jul 25, 2011 1:21 PM, "Rob" <becida@comcast.net...
• Re: Engine Rebuild - week 3
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:13:55 -0600
  ...1 piston wrist-pin it > went back in smoothly (after heated to 100+ degrees). > A word of advice - save your old piston rings until...
• Re: Rebuiilding *#$&^ Brake calipers! [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 14:52:45 -0800
  ...at them - a single o-ring and a rubber boot. But how the *#$&^ do you get the piston back into the caliper??? I have...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:25:31 -0800
  ...I also used a cut down ring compressor to get the Pistons in. I know folk do I the heads with engine installed, but...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:14:48 -0700
  ...It's use thicker rings at the top of the piston barrels.� ( or double rings, but that seems shaky ) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
• Re: Blown engine: Lists opinions on prognosis, possible rebuild, please!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:51:44 -0500
  You blew a piston. More specificially you broke the oil scraper ring on # 3 Cyliner. You can get my 8K great almost new engine...
• Re: What's wrong with that picture....
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:51:35 -0600
  Just did some measurements using the carbon ring at top for a reference. I believe that the far righ cylinder and far left cylinder...
• Re: Anyone Ever worked with or heard anything about Dave Wolfanger (DWolf) as far a mechanic work quality?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:13:26 -0500
  ...down and rebuild it from > scratch. > > - Machined to spec Crankshaft > - New Pistons & Rings > - Machining of the Heads, 3 Point Valve Job > - New Complete Gasket...
• Re: hard to start in the morning
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 5 Nov 2016 11:03:13 -0700
  ...We have following done on the engine : - honed cylinders, new piston rings - new AMC heads with upgraded valves - new lifters - new hoses all around...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:36:17 -0400
  ...great oil control, > 'specially on a many-miles engine. > How many miles on the pistons/barrels/rings, anyway, on this one ? -- 1991 Vanagon GL
• Frydaye Follies - not silly enough for you?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:03:47 -0500
  ...booties, Bright shiny bumpers for busses' patooties, New Mahle pistons and new piston rings ... These are a few of my favourite things. Driving with...
• Re: cheap shipping company, Mass to SF. Engine Rebuild Question too
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:34:34 -0500
  ...take >out the pistons, I will probably stop buy a hardware store on the way >home and get the snap ring pliers, which it...
• Re: Best Rebuilt Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:41:59 UT
  ...I suspected a mis-fit piston, but all check out fine EXCEPT ring gaps were closely lined up at the bottom. No measurable wear...
• Re: Ringing #4 Cyl
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 04:55:19 -0400
  ...Can't I just pull the head, then the wet sleeve for #4 and > ring the one piston, in the van? I know, I...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Air to water '80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:46:55 +1200
  ...My 1.8 Bay burned through a piston behind the ring lands (slip-in 1916 big-bore kit, due to a warping cylinder wall...
• splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Tue, 25 May 2004 19:36:55 -0700
  ...I have one spare head gasket to replace that one, but do I also need to replace those metal ring gaskets at the tops...
• Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 16:50:35 -0700
  ...Was test > thorough? > - I replaced all bearings, rings, pistons so seems a shame I didn't > rebuild the head too. > > My '81 and '88...
• Piston cylinders
  Historical mailing list - john pronk
  Sun, 27 May 2007 11:09:39 +1200
  ...They need to be good at the top and bottom mounting areas as well as the o-ring area. Bore wear is not a...
• Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:44:21 -0500
  ...air cooled piston weight/cylinder question I got a chance to weigh the piston/wrist pin assemblies on our digital postal scales here at...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:25:38 -0400
  ...The inertial losses from reversing the pistons' direction of travel, the frictional losses from scrubbing the piston rings up and down in their bores...
• Re: more ? 2.0L Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Neil Kostka
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:46:24 -0700
  ...the pistons and rings, do I just recheck the positioning of the rings, toss on the shim and reload the juggs? If rings are...
• Re: diagnosis--blown piston ring?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:06:59 -0500
  ...how feasable > is it to rebuild one in place? could i just throw in new bearings, > piston rings and head gasket? or maybe just...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:34:14 -0400
  Damaged or worn ring lands, (piston groove walls) can cause the leakage and inconsistent compression reading you are getting. Now you also know the...
• Re: Bucking Engine
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 2 May 2004 04:53:14 +0000
  ...consumption, that said.... > >To check if it's the head or piston / ring, put 2 spoon of engine oil into >the spark plug hole...
• Re: FS Air Cooled Parts and Full Engines
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 00:30:56 -0600
  ...5K Cylinders honed, new std rod >bearings, new std bore rings, new lifters, new cam, new Melling Oil Pump. >I'll ship this engine...
• Mobil1 15-50 and setting a new piston ring
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:03:21 -0700
  ...He said he fixed the problem ring but never used it again. I've got Mobil1 15-50 in it and I've read...
• Re: piston rings----the good, the bad and the ugly
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 06:57:18 -0600
  ...Deves rings are the choice of rings, second only > to German > > > > The 2.2L kits have Grant rings which are caca.....the pistons made...
• Re: How many miles on yours?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 2000 06:00:26 EDT
  ...I resealed the original heads at 203,700 km (June '96) and replaced all piston rings at the same time as I broke an...
• Re: Head Update (getting worse)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Olmstead
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:04:23 -0800
  ...Did the broken oil ring cause any cylinder and/or piston damage (scarring)? Tim -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Intermittent Smoking
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:53:31 -0500
  ...I suspect there had been some piston/cylinder damage already - like a broken ring or rings and scoring of cylinder wall allowing the oil...
• Canadian Vs US parts prices
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Sep 95 23:47:25 -0400
  ...Shopping for prices in Montreal, I could not find a ring set: it's got 93.47mm Mahle piston (0.020" oversize). Nobody has...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:45:45 -0500
  ...Supposedly it is possible to replace that O ring without pulling the >> sleeve off the piston, but I'll be damned if I could...
• Re: Help! Piston sleeves stuck
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 21:39:21 -0700
  When I was a real mechanic in my previous life...I ALWAYS got the stuck piston liners loose with 2 cold chisels that were...
• Re: How-to do very simple compression leak check
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:56:02 +0200
  I know of another method to test the rings. You need the ratio meter gauge for this one. Just put 2-3 table spoons...
• Milestone
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 19 Feb 2017 12:52:43 -0500
  ...The crank measured up so standard bearings, rebuilt rods, piston rings, and new heads went back on. Drove it around for about 50 miles...
• Re: cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:48:35 -0700
  ...David --- Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net> wrote: > I've always been nervous putting new liners pistons and rings on an > engine with old rod...
• Re: Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:47:36 -0400
  ...Melted pistons are usually caused by a piston/ring problem, engine lugging-overload, a lean cylinder or over advanced ignition timing. It was probably...
• Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:12:18 +0100
  ...Pinking (tinkling) around town can go on for years, doing slight damage, upsetting the top rings (shock waves) etc and is never 'good' unless...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:05:54 -0700
  ...Just figure you had an extra effecient and fast piston rings break-inperiod. I once heard this suggested for breaking in a motorcycle engine...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:27:13 -0400
  ...Why is it important to replace the Pistons if they look fine? I > understand the rings and other components but why the actual piston...
• Re: total seal ring end gap on 95mm pistons?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 21:53:45 -0700
  ...Regarding your chevvy comment - to go 101.4mm pistons, you'd have to do some major modification to the case as the cylinders are...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:11:33 -0500
  ...I also used a cut down ring compressor to get the Pistons in. > > > > I know folk do I the heads with engine installed, but...
• Re: Riviera vs Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:29:52 -0800
  On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Oh boy! Oversize piston cylinder set. Should be able...
• Re: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 20:02:23 -0800
  ...required.. > and all new bearings blah blah blah .. > but used pistons with new rings and honed original barrels ( ??...sounds > strange to me ) > > so anyone...
• Re: 1987 syncro westy w/bad engine, what can be done?
  Historical mailing list - Herbert S. Phillips III
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:22:41 -0600
  ...it worn out rings? > Bad Head/valve(s)? Both? > Can these engines be re-ringed only? > Should I get pistons with cylinders? > Are there...
• Re: 2.1: Check rods or just top end?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:31:47 -0500
  ...piston rings using... >zap straps? or something equally clever. If I pull the cylinders, what >is the accepted way of getting the pistons back...
• Re: Head Replacement Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 23:05:05 -0800
  ...I think you said your compression figures are good and even, so I wouldn't necessarily change the piston rings. As David Schwarze told...
• Re: The pin goes in
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:47:17 -0600
  ...Replace the felt seal and *O* ring in your flywheel. Don't trust new cylinder piston sets, check your end clearance on the rings...
• Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary A Meek
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:23:25 -0600
  ...TD motor, putting in 20 thou oversize pistons, and fitting them with Hastings oil and compression rings - all chromium. I ran conventional oil for...
• need help with splitting the case
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Brunson
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:41:05 -0700
  ...Am I supposed to remove the pistons before splitting--and if so, then how? The obstruction seems like it might be a ring, but...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Wind]
  Historical mailing list - Kai Lynn
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 19:23:13 -0000
  ...1.) how and with what do you use to > > reinstall the > > cylinder sleeve over the piston/rings while working in such > > a small area...
• compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:33:57 -0800
  Dear List, I am trying to get the rings compressed (with pistons attached to rods and engine in the car). I am currently in...
• Re: disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:41:47 EDT
  ...I took the cylinders/pistons out to extract the broken stud and found a broken ring on one side and a huge crack in...