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3A rebuild?
- Subject: 3A rebuild?
- From: ydrogs at gmail.com (Gordy Stedman)
- Date: Tue Aug 9 01:52:19 2005
The 3A I got recently emits blue smoke out of the tail pipe and has
180k original miles on it. Compresion test was between 195-180 on all
4. Tried to do a leak down test but buddy did not have all the right
equipment. I am guessing the rings are bad and oil is being burnt. I
am going to swap out my 1.8L in my car right now and use the JH head
with the 3A. I know very little about bottom ends. If the rings are
bad do I need to get the block bored out and will it need sleeves? Do
I need to buy new oversized pistons and rings or do they make
oversized rings that will work with existing pistons? If it needs to
get disassembled and go to a machine shop should I look at finding a
different crank, rods or pistons? I do not want to spend a lot of
money and need it to be reliable and able to pass emissions test but
am always looking for a few extra ponies. Anyone ever do this and
have a ball park price? Thanks for your help.
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Gordy
MK1 x 3
Audi 80 - Going under the knife