How To Fix Light Scratch In Cylinder Wall

It is probably a couple 1000 s of an inch at the most.

How to fix light scratch in cylinder wall.

Or should i just do a light ball hone and install the piston anyway. Jump to latest follow. Originally posted by lostforawhile that sounds right the 220 would leave deeper scratches and better hone marks to break in the rings i could see using 400 if you had to take apart an engine with low miles where the rings were already seated did you use ported pistons. I can barely feel it but it s enough to worry me.

Only problem is burning alot of oil especially at start up and notices blue smoke between gears. I dont know if you can buy 1 set of rings if not a set of cast iron rings are cheap. Bolt it back up and call it good. I bet if you take it to the machine shop they ll tell you to properly fix it they will have to bore all 8 cylinders turn the crank hot tank new cam bearings and before you know it they ll have the tab up to a 1000 bucks.

If your cylinder walls turn out to be good you could just rering it and throw it together with new bearings and gaskets. 1 of 2 go to page. He changed out the plug and has been driving it for the last year like that. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Vertical scratches on cylinder wall. If i can hone it out can the rings be adjusted to fill in the couple thousandths that are honed out. Performance and repair garage. Meaning the scratch is not raised.

What options would i have to repair a scratched cylinder wall. If they don t end up being good well then atleast you can weigh the costs of having a machine shop rebuild it or possibly find a used short long block in good condition. Cylinder wall scratch these motors arent delicate little flowers. Just throw a whole new set on.

Guys there is a tiny scratch in my truck s engine. If the motors out of the car just run a hone through it. It is a fairly deep scratch easily catch a fingernail on it. Discussion starter 1 apr 8.

I will pick up a caliper measuring tool to confirm. Owner says a piece of the ceramic around the electrode of the 3 plug broke off and caused it. Vertical cylinder wall scratches. Btw i don t care who you are what i said is fact provided that in the verticle scratches they are less than the surface of the cylinder wall and not raised up into the cylinder inside diameter at all.

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