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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
I thought the 6 cylinder was prone to cylinder failures?
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This is a problem with the V8's , my understanding is the entire engine is Alusil coated vs. the cylinders being Nikasil coated . The Alusil cylinders wear and that's the start of cylinder failures . Nikasil is MUCH tougher and wears very little if at all . That's why Nickie cylinders from LN Engineering are so popular , they are expensive but almost impossible to wear out . I do not know if the VW based Porsche V6 is prone to this condition .