09-04-2020, 07:55 PM
Pricing up the Flex-Hone gives nearly £60 from UK and not much less than that from USA (once import duty is added to eBay price and delivery).
I have decided that in the first instance I shall lift the block off the pistons and have a go at the bores with some wet & dry paper. With a light behind I should be able to see the effect and costing my time @ say £10/hr I can afford to spend a pleasant hour on each cylinder and still come away with a profit!
No 1 cylinder was oiling up in stop start traffic so the rings will come out to check gaps and orientation. My guru advises .005" gap is good (.0015" per inch of bore plus a bit for luck), so if they're less than .010" I shall probably leave well alone.
I was tempted to put it all back together and thrash it for a couple of thousand miles, but checking things out feels better to me, so I shall probably end up taking the engine out so I can re-install the block onto the pistons without the potential agony of breaking the last ring in if I do it in situ.
I have decided that in the first instance I shall lift the block off the pistons and have a go at the bores with some wet & dry paper. With a light behind I should be able to see the effect and costing my time @ say £10/hr I can afford to spend a pleasant hour on each cylinder and still come away with a profit!
No 1 cylinder was oiling up in stop start traffic so the rings will come out to check gaps and orientation. My guru advises .005" gap is good (.0015" per inch of bore plus a bit for luck), so if they're less than .010" I shall probably leave well alone.
I was tempted to put it all back together and thrash it for a couple of thousand miles, but checking things out feels better to me, so I shall probably end up taking the engine out so I can re-install the block onto the pistons without the potential agony of breaking the last ring in if I do it in situ.