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Originally Posted by gilbert911
Thanks guys for the replies - appreciate it very much..
'DocR' is on to something I think...
The engine had been sitting in a garage in Europe for certain 12 months - possibly 18 or more before it came to me. I had not been run in that time/
When we stripped it yesterday it was full of oil.
We had hand turned it prior to stripping.
Is that what's done it? Sounds like it might be it.
So to be clear -we look to hone and see if we clear it - if no luck then a re-bore right?
If the honing does do the job then would the existing cylinders with new rings be fine?
I have seen threads before where a certain manf. of rings get's mentioned as being the way to go if the cylinders are a little high on tolorence - Goertze or something like that ?
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y/w. Yes, hand cranking probably scraped the rust off, but again, the dark spots are still iron oxide too. Measure the cylinders for wear, taper, oval, etc. and the pistons for size and determine if they can be honed, do not go over the specified tolerance, measure after the hone and see if you are still ok. If not bore out and buy some JE pistons.