I would be worried about the clylinders also  later  mark d

In a message dated 5/26/2011 11:03:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
vw.doka@GMAIL.COM writes:

If it  got that hot, the rings are shot.  Just pull them out and don't
worry
about breakage.  A small screwdriver in the ring gap should do  the trick.

Cheers,

Jeff

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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:04 PM
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Subject: Rings are stuck ...

Hi to  all,
I have the four pistons out and would like to free the rings from all  the
four of them out.  They are all cooked in solid from  overheating.  I don't
know a sure way of getting them free  again.  Would it be some kind of
boiling them in something for a few  hours?
Anyone knows this?
Best  wishes,
Zoltan