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Duane Miller wrote:
>Last question for this string...one of my friends that has owned various
>VWs for 40 years recommended putting the Variant on my car dolly,
>pulling the plugs, putting it IN GEAR, and pulling it around the block
>a couple of times. His thinking is that it will force everything in the
>engine to move and may free up a stuck ring or cam...what do you
>guys think of that idea?
I don't like it myself. I'd rather pull the motor and tear it down and fix
the real problem rather than kludge something like this. From the sounds of
things, it seems the rings are stuck in their grooves (loss of compression), or
the valves are sticking (loss of compression), and I'd rather know which one it
really is.
Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof
71 Square- now a 2 seat Roadster, under construction, now under its
own power
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