How To Fix Light Scratch In Cylinder Wall

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How to fix light scratch in cylinder wall.

It is probably a couple 1000 s of an inch at the most. Bolt it back up and call it good. Only problem is burning alot of oil especially at start up and notices blue smoke between gears. Mkii 90 99 na turbo.

What options would i have to repair a scratched cylinder wall. Or should i just do a light ball hone and install the piston anyway. Just throw a whole new set on. 1 of 2 go to page.

Vertical scratches on cylinder wall. If they don t end up being good well then atleast you can weigh the costs of having a machine shop rebuild it or possibly find a used short long block in good condition. Owner says a piece of the ceramic around the electrode of the 3 plug broke off and caused it. I dont know if you can buy 1 set of rings if not a set of cast iron rings are cheap.

Performance and repair garage. Guys there is a tiny scratch in my truck s engine. Cylinder wall scratch these motors arent delicate little flowers. Meaning the scratch is not raised.

If the motors out of the car just run a hone through it. Jump to latest follow. Discussion starter 1 apr 8. Btw i don t care who you are what i said is fact provided that in the verticle scratches they are less than the surface of the cylinder wall and not raised up into the cylinder inside diameter at all.

If your cylinder walls turn out to be good you could just rering it and throw it together with new bearings and gaskets. I will pick up a caliper measuring tool to confirm. Originally posted by lostforawhile that sounds right the 220 would leave deeper scratches and better hone marks to break in the rings i could see using 400 if you had to take apart an engine with low miles where the rings were already seated did you use ported pistons. Vertical cylinder wall scratches.

If i can hone it out can the rings be adjusted to fill in the couple thousandths that are honed out. It is a fairly deep scratch easily catch a fingernail on it. Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 25 posts. He changed out the plug and has been driving it for the last year like that.

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