TheSamba.com :: View topic - Professionally rebuilt engine, 1 week old, chugg

Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:06 am

For him to come out and personally investigate goes beyond the way most folks do business these days. Make sure you place a good feedback response. He sounds like a great engine man to have 8)

Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:07 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=401107

Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:44 am

Ever change a spring without removing the head?
8)

Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:50 am

GusC2it wrote: Ever change a spring without removing the head?
8)
yep manytimes. mostly on v8's doing valve stem seals.

Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:05 am

IMHO I don't think Ken needs advertisement, I think he has a large amount of regulars that keep him busy, and from what I can tell he is one guy.

I should get my back up head to him fast.

chabanais wrote: Oil pump is SCAT. He couldn't remember who made the springs. did he put a 30mm full flow pump? if he did what did you do to clear the mustache bar?

Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:31 pm

Scat full flow outlet... the thing looked angled to me so it cleared... then tap the case for return line.

VWDruid wrote: did he put a 30mm full flow pump? if he did what did you do to clear the mustache bar?

Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:53 pm

bigbore wrote: GusC2it wrote: Ever change a spring without removing the head?
8)
yep manytimes. mostly on v8's doing valve stem seals.

Me too. I pressurize the cylinder and made a spring compressor.

Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:00 pm

Or shoving a bunch of nylon rope in the plug hole and running the piston up tight against it.
I've never had to use either method 8) .

Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:19 pm

Quote: I put at least 50 miles sometimes 100 miles on a new engine becouse Iam paranoid of it failing. I sometimes site at night thinking of what I did in a build and did I miss something.

been there, and stayed there :lol:

went into surgery coulple of months ago on a head job removall and installation on a Audi A3 (EC:BYT) with 15,000 Km. Car still smelled new, damn spring snaped right out of nowhere, (intake side) it was like a bartmitzvah at the dealership, at the end the manifiesto Magister dixit was: "Poor spring Quality &/or defect on part" No recall campaing, just plain luck, had to take the head down to change all 16, and take a look at the pistons, the springs that arrived looked exactly the same (not that there are) so my blessing to you is that you never can tell absolutly 100% sure Crap from OEM stuff.