Hey Tom. Engine in, 176k. I think we broke the rings trying to push the
sleeve back into the cylinder. Replacing both heads. Although the heads
leaked for a couple of years, the surface is smooth. There is no etching,
just a crack between the valves. Is this fixable?

Steve & Jo Ann Wacker
Grand Junction, Co.
90 Carat
86 Syncro
01 Subaru Outback

On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:31:26 -0400 "Forhan, Thomas"
<thomas.forhan@mail.house.gov> writes:
Maybe a tough call. Do you think the ring was already broken? What's the
engine mileage?
Maybe not a tough call. If you are doing it with the engine out, the
heads are already off, (doing both sides?) and you will be set up with
tools to do one piston, its not that much more work to do all four.
I've never done heads with the engine still in, so if that is the case
others might want to comment on how hard it is to replace rings with the
engine still installed.
I think in any case, if both heads are off,  you'll be set upup to do one
pistin so you night as well do the other three.
My two cents fwiw. Good luck.
Thomas Forhan

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