Re: [T3] Number 4 issues..

["William Bold" <wtbold@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>Yes, you're right, the milage is pretty good . . . still, if it's any 
indication, VW stopped "reconditioning" cases by line boring very early 
on -- certainly they had THE BEST  machining capability, and found it was 
not practical to restore cases that had "grown" out of line.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 11:45 AM
Subject: RE: [T3] Number 4 issues..


> I dunno...  101K hard miles and still tickin on an .020 case.  Still good
> oil pressure too,  I think it really matters who does it and what kind of
> equipment they use.
>
> Keith
>
>
> A line-bored case will never provide the precise alingment of the 
> crankshaft
>
> that is required for long engine life.
> Not addressed is what type of carburation/fuel injection is being used.
> ?
>
> > In response:
> > It might have been a case failure, but I don't believe so.  The
> > compression was 7.65.1, the oil was 20/50 summer, 10/40 winter.  The oil
> > temp and cylinder temps were under constant surveillance
> >
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