stuck cylinder

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Now...I got it.
(he said as he hung his head in abject shame...)
larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
To: Larry <rocco16v@netzero.com>; Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: stuck cylinder


> Not at all - with the wasserboxer engine (vanagon, not
> scirocco) it is fairly common for the piston liner /
> cylinder to stick to the cylinder head during removal
> due to carbon buildup.  since they lay on their sides
> in that type of engine, it is a lot easier to
> accidentally pull one up over the piston rings than it
> would be in a standard inline 4 cyl engine.
>
> Here is a quote from a really good article that I
> didn't read until after the point of no return
>
> http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/waterboxes.html
>
> WORDS TO THE WISE
>      Cylinders do get stuck to the head and taping
> (hitting) the head just below the exhaust ports with a
> plastic compethan mallet helps. Going from side to
> side helps to separate the head from the cylinder. You
> may need to push the head back in place and start
> again if the head moves more than two inches with the
> cylinder still attached. The piston in the stuck
> cylinder should not be at the bottom of its stroke. DO
> NOT pull the head and cylinder off  as one because
> piston rings cannot be compressed to put the cylinder
> back on until you remove the piston from the engine.
> Wrist pins and pin clips are hard to access and remove
> even when using the expanding pin tool and the oxy
> acetylene torch to soften up the varnish on the pin.
>
> A big OOPS on my part.
>
>
> --- Larry <rocco16v@netzero.com> wrote:
> > Mark-
> >   A cylinder stuck to the head???!!  Tell me this is
> > a typo...
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > > I was replacing the cylinder head gaskets.  One of
> > the
> > > cylinders stuck to the head when I was removing it
> > (in
> > > the van).  There is no way to re-compress the
> > piston
> > > rings with the engine in the van, so it had to
> > come
> > > out.
> >
> >
> >
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