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On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 14:19, Ben Doughney wrote: > On 16/05/2004, at 4:02 AM, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > Or any carbon in the cylinders has flaked off and is between the piston > > and the head. > > Don't force it over the top, as something might break or bend. > > I suppose the only way to fix this would be to pull the engine and the > heads? > I hate to be the barer of bad news, but yes, that is the only safe way to do it. There are some chemicals that the salvage yards use, but I have never had any success with them. They are mainly just diesel fuel based, or solvent based. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org