Interesting stuff guys. Love the information that you share in these videos. Particularly the information on stone grits. Back in the late 80's, I used to work in a dealership that sold a Japanese vehicle with a reputation for oil consumption. Often a litre/quart per tank of fuel. Insitu re-rings were a daily occurrence. I used to have great success with the motors that I did, and having watched a number of your videos, and Lake's, I finally think that I understand why. I used to freehand hone the block with a 3 finger hone, with 80 grit wet and dry paper wrapped around the stones. I also used a very steep cross hatch pattern. The bore looked horrible compared to anything else that you saw, but I never had one come back for oil consumption a second time, when the other guys in the workshop often did. The funny thing was, that the motors often lasted a full life expectancy after I had done a re-ring, which was very surprising. Now, having watched several videos, I understand that the steep cross hatch helped the oil get scraped back to the sump, that the horrendously rough paper, put a deep groove in the block to hold the oil, but I probably shouldn't have been relying on the chrome rings that I was given to knock the peaks off the top. I know that this is a long comment, and the procedure sounds terrible, but it worked successfully many many times. I can just see Lake cringing whilst reading this lol😂😂😂
When i did my el cheapo repair on my b230 volvo engine i used a simple hand tool hone on an electric screwdriver. Worked well enough to drive on. But then again that was not a race engine.
Love a moly ring and if it’s a restoration and old school build that’s the way to go but on a modern late model engine it going to be a thinner harder ring.👍
Thanks Guys... Honed right in one this one! :)
This could be an eye opener for some “old school “ guys who thought they had been left behind. Thanks as always 😎
That grit corresponds with the grit that we, the painters, use!?, that's crazy!!, damn it.
Thanks for the video. It is nice to hear about technology changing and how it affects the pros as well.
Old habits die hard Dany,❤️this new tec.
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Interesting stuff guys. Love the information that you share in these videos. Particularly the information on stone grits. Back in the late 80's, I used to work in a dealership that sold a Japanese vehicle with a reputation for oil consumption. Often a litre/quart per tank of fuel. Insitu re-rings were a daily occurrence. I used to have great success with the motors that I did, and having watched a number of your videos, and Lake's, I finally think that I understand why. I used to freehand hone the block with a 3 finger hone, with 80 grit wet and dry paper wrapped around the stones. I also used a very steep cross hatch pattern. The bore looked horrible compared to anything else that you saw, but I never had one come back for oil consumption a second time, when the other guys in the workshop often did. The funny thing was, that the motors often lasted a full life expectancy after I had done a re-ring, which was very surprising. Now, having watched several videos, I understand that the steep cross hatch helped the oil get scraped back to the sump, that the horrendously rough paper, put a deep groove in the block to hold the oil, but I probably shouldn't have been relying on the chrome rings that I was given to knock the peaks off the top. I know that this is a long comment, and the procedure sounds terrible, but it worked successfully many many times. I can just see Lake cringing whilst reading this lol😂😂😂
When i did my el cheapo repair on my b230 volvo engine i used a simple hand tool hone on an electric screwdriver.
Worked well enough to drive on. But then again that was not a race engine.
Now what shops offer these services🤔?
Why not just switch to moly rings when rebuilding?
Love a moly ring and if it’s a restoration and old school build that’s the way to go but on a modern late model engine it going to be a thinner harder ring.👍