Hi all
Bought a g40 yesterday, drove it 40 miles from where I bought it, and the engine started to breathe like it was pressuring the crank case severely. Also a lot of oil out of the exhaust, so suspect head gasket and rings, has a bad misfire so one chamber is not giving combustion correctly.
My question is what size are the rings on a g40? The man whom I bought the car from is helping me with the issue by sourcing the required items for replacement.
The engine has been rebuilt (approx 2k miles ago) so I need to make sure the correct rings are bought.
(I have a feeling ill need to get the bores measured to check their tolerances for accepting new rings IF it had a hone at its recent rebuild)
Thanks very much.
Dan.
(I have no reason to doubt the rebuild as I have seen the photos which prove the engine was stripped down and rebuilt, just no receipts as the work was carried out by a gent who worked at a VW specialist, who did the work for himself originally)