1988 Volkswagen Golf Change Piston Rings

1988 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
700,000 MILES
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TINOD
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How do I change piston rings?
Jan 29, 2013 at 7:35 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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This is quite an involved and complex job, the risk of breaking the new rings is quite real, have you ever done this type of work? You will have to re hone the bores before fitting the rings, can you do this and do you have all the tooling required?
Jan 29, 2013 at 7:58 AM
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