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On 7 Sep 2004 at 14:08, Ben Doughney wrote: > What is the best way to go about getting the cylinders off a engine > that is seized from rust? Best way is to take your time and get them to move. Let everything soak in some kind of oil for a few days, and try to move it every day to see if you can break it free via a lever of some kind on the flywheel. If you can't free them, then you may have to split a cylinder with a cold chisel. > I bought a whole pile of engine bits a couple of weeks ago, and one of > the engines had the intake ports filled with water (and was seized). I > dried that out, but I haven't had a chance to pull it apart yet. Should > I fill the ports with oil or something and let it soak before I take > the heads off? I've heard good things about using ATF for this. Remove the spark plugs and fill the cylinders from there. Filling the intake ports would also be good for the intake valve stems. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~