dubdad 0 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 hi guys ,i'm new so be gentle with me ,i got a vr6 0bd2 for a conversion ,i stripped it to check it out (was told it was a sweet sounding engine that had covered about 80k,anyway i took it to my local engine shop and he said it needs a re bore,there is a slight ridge at the top of the bores ,he measured it (pistons still in ) said there's 10 thow of wear ,my mate spare engine looks the same ,is this common ?just wondering if its safe to hone & fit new rings ,the engine wont be getting a hard life ,its going in my caddy .cheers for any help Link to post Share on other sites
tonygti 22 Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 hi mate mine also had a lip at the top of thr bores basically where the piston ring ended so mine was worn.7 thow and to be on the safe side i honned my bores with a honning tool and put new piston rings in from VWjust so you know the comany called GOETZE piston rings are the people who also make original vw piston ringspeople will tell u that is worn alot of the bores but it aint boab3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dubdad 0 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 thanks for that Link to post Share on other sites
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