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On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 08:41 -0700, Scott Taylor wrote: > On Jul 4, 2006, at 3:56 AM, Jim Adney wrote: > > > I suspect that the thing I see really isn't a step at all, but rather > > just a clean > > area where the cylinder was seated, and maybe a slight depression > > from the seating. > > I think that's what it is. There's a LOT of carbon and oil built up in > the compression chamber. > I would suspect some rings that are tired. As for the "head gasket" that is a copper ring that goes on 40hp and 36hp between the cylinder and the head, just above the fins. On fresh air engines like ours, I have never seen them. I do know that VW continued to use them on 40hp even with fresh air from the factory, because as the engine was being built, up to the long block, they didnt know if it would be fresh air, or non-freshair. -- russw@classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~