bugwhizz 0 Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Hi AllHas anyone had any experience with replacing piston rings and shell bearings on a VR6 Golf??Whats involved, rough guide??, any help would be greatly recieved as i get blue smoke on overun aftre 10 secs and this clears once throttle applied, no smoke most other timesHelp me please!!! :( Link to post Share on other sites
jcorallo 0 Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 um - it might not just be ther piston rings - the bores will need attention no doubt. Agreed rings might give you a short term solultion - but I'd be looking for a s/hand engine if I were you...Has the car ever over heated? My old 2.8 did - it partially siezed through lack of water - but the engine lasted another 10k miles before starting to smoke real bad - so out it came and in went a 2.9.Jules Link to post Share on other sites
zerocool 0 Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 it not your piston rings and bores,it will be the valve stem oil seals that need replacing and possibly the valve guides.I have just done one on a friends vr6 that had done 130,000 miles,and there was no bore wear whatsover.but the valve guides and seals were shot.car only smoked when you coasted down a hill,and when you re applied the throttle it belched smoke out. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 A friend of ours recently rebuilt my engine. 6 new exhaust valves and guidesNew piston ringsTiming chains and tensionersKent CamsClutchThe job itself was nowhere near as scary as I thought it would be.One tip if you are going to do this- buy the special clamping tool thingy for fitting the piston rings into the bores. Remember the block is not flat!You will also need lots of torque settings for all the nuts and bolts.Failing that the the head done, throw the block away and buy a 2.9 bottom end instead. £800 or so I believe, could even be the cheaper way of doing it? Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 You will also need lots of torque settings for all the nuts and bolts.which you can find listed in the tech info section I think Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 that u can Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 If you want some pictures to add to that I have loads from when mine was done. Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 sounds like a good idea steve... can you email them to pete? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Just have to work out how. They are all on Picture CD thingies from Bonusprint, so it should not be too hard. Link to post Share on other sites
bugwhizz 0 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Dammnnn you guys know yer stuff!!!Thanks to all for the inputRegardsBugwhizz Link to post Share on other sites
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