I have to apologise, it looks as though I have just gone straight through to this part without any preparation but there has been a slow lead up to where I am now.

The carbon on the lip was removed using oil and a kitchen scourer which took forever, is there a problem with using a dremel on this? I wondered as a lot of replies said the same about removing only the carbon but does it matter as the piston/rings dont go up that far?

At the moment only one piston has been removed until I get confirmation of the next best step.

CI, thanks for your input, one of the questions I had was how to free the rings, they are stuck fast and need soaking in something just to get them off, perhaps oven cleaner?

Open to suggestions -

Burning the mid night oil this end, catch you tomorrow all.

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David


1996 Mercedes S124 E300TD - 129k - rolling restoration project -

1998 Mercedes W210 300TD - 118k (assimilated into above vehicle)