Can blow by be fixed by honing and new rings on 245K mile motor?

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Can blow by be fixed by honing and new rings on 245K mile motor?

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09-13-2007, 06:00 PM

d.delano

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Originally Posted by truckinik

You can, but if you're taking the head off, you may as well put in new seals, seats, grind the valves, put in new retainers, and throw pistons and bearings at the thing...It won't be very expensive and it will be like new afterwards...

Nick

Pistons alone will be $1200.
That's expensive.

Then, there's the rest of the rebuild. That more expensive. I don't think you quite understand the rebuild process on these engines.

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