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Some Help Broke Down :(
dazza:
--- Quote from: GVK on September 22, 2023, 11:31:23 pm ---I've never used that type myself, the garage ones I've used are the 3 x stone type. Can get them for under £20 off eBay I've seen.
Both types will do the job.
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Thanks!
To do the honing do i need to take the crankshaft out? There are also the oil feed at the bottom of the cylinders
GVK:
Just got to be careful at the bottom of the stroke not to hit the crank and oil squirters. The squirters can be removed , see Ollievrs thread about his oil pump woes.
LC5F:
--- Quote from: dazza on September 22, 2023, 10:03:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: LC5F on September 20, 2023, 03:45:35 am ---I managed to do this same thing with mine - after swapping my intercooler I managed to nick the edge of my drive belt on the AC union and the belt thread unravelled itself and posted itself into the timing belt.
Despite the financial impact, it was possibly the best thing I have done to my Mk5 - head rebuild & injector clean seemed to restore power. new valve guides & stem seal + DIY Turbo rebuild also helped - now my engine barely uses oil.
As its off, get a vacuum pump rebuild kit from ebay.
If I had to do this again, the only thing I would change is to remove the misery with both timing belt and chain - I managed to get both a tooth out in opposite directions - correctly installed, my BWA belt seems to always be 2/3 of a tooth out comparing cam & crank timing marks.
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Thanks for the encouragement.
Regarding the valve guides these are easy to remove/replace.
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I just sent my head to an engine shop for rebuild - £225 for full rebuild, including new guides.
One other tip - when reinstalling the Turbo - bolt on all the pipework that connects to the core before you mount the turbo - it will save a lot of swearing
dazza:
Cleaned the pistons up today.
dazza:
Where is the best place to get the bolts? Are vag bolts on eBay well priced?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/vagbolts
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