new barrels and pistons on order mork popped up to have a look at em with me and we both wasn’t sure about how the barrel had ripples in it so to be safe and not sorry new on order
Keep hold of it dude as id like to have a look at these ripples one day dude Im intrigued myself as to what they are? Did you go bigger capacity on the barrels and pistons?
it well enough before i ripped it apart it was just the smoking and it stinking that was the problem and now i am wishing id measured the pots before ordering
maybe all i know every problem i ve found the valve guide/oil leak/low compression /rippled pot have all been on pot 3 !
See the words ripples doesent often appear in enginerring vocab So when a lump of cast/machined metal gets descriped as rippled an engineers mind perks up Ripples say to an engineer heat and pressure Without being with your engine and looking and feeling i cant advise you correctly lowie And its type 4 which if not had much dealings with Since its this far apart arent you tempted to split the case and see how the bottom end is? If your proper skint then decoke the top of the pistons fit a new seet of rings and put it all back together with an oil change Your smoking problem culprit was most likely that knacked valve guide
no pics i am afraid there not massive ripples to be fair and me and mork both thought new rings maybe would of fixed it but new barrels and pistons will hopefully
The ripples wouldn't be obvious in pics Zed, they would show up if you did a profilometry check of the bores (we could get them done via work but hats be £250 for the day rate) they are easy to feel however and although obvious they aren't too deep! Para the bottom end is sound & has no end float and on a plus note it ran bloody well even though it smoked! It would go as well as our 2.0 Westy all bar the smoking!
http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares...ntry_GB.htm?crumbStartPage=2&crumbStartRow=17 thats 1700/1800 ones heres the 2000 ones http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Barrel-Pistons-96x71-2056cc-For-2-0-litre-Type-4-AC198960_act_shop.product_pID_186103_lang_EN_country_GB.htm?crumbStartPage=2&crumbStartRow=17
Didn't the 1800 motor have a bit better spec than the 2.0, Ste's heads have 41mm inlet/34mm exhaust valves which are a bit better than mine. Is this why it goes well?