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Jonny.N
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   2nd Oct 13 at 13:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What good brands of piston rings are there to get ? Or does it matter.
Not wanna buy shite ones and they do more damage than there worth. Need new headbolts aswell.
Dont think make matters with headbolts does it ? Thanks
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2nd Oct 13 at 13:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just but them off vauxhall (if there for a vauxhall that is)
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Its the price off vauxhall tho there ment to be extortionate.Was looking on ebay atm and theres a few diffrent brands.
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2nd Oct 13 at 13:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Are you over-boring? or just re-honing? size should be the most important factor
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have you tried Vauxhall?
what car/engine is it for?
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2nd Oct 13 at 13:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just standard number one rings are away. So best doing the set. And deffo not from vauxhall. 105 pound plus vat per piston
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Corsa sport engine. X16xe.
DaveyLC
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2nd Oct 13 at 13:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It would be cheaper to just buy another car?
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2nd Oct 13 at 14:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£80 a piston from vauxhall just spoke to a parts man now.
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Go to autovaux I payed £45 a piston I think for a c20

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When I phone vauxhall they were 105 plus vat each. Autovaux is 90quid the set there on ebay for 50quid. Thats why im asking if theres decent makes to go for. Save myself some cash.
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why are they so expensive
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonny.N
When I phone vauxhall they were 105 plus vat each. Autovaux is 90quid the set there on ebay for 50quid. Thats why im asking if theres decent makes to go for. Save myself some cash.



Buy cheap but twice.
Especially on things like that
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Could buy the cheap ones 10x over before you equalled the price of Vaux
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Could buy the cheap ones 10x over before you equalled the price of Vaux


Is rather spend te money first time than have to strip the engine every few thousand. Might be cheaper but the labour won't be. And if your doing t yourself you will have no car for days on end
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Could buy the cheap ones 10x over before you equalled the price of Vaux


If it was no hassle or cost to take the car off the road and the engine apart.

I'm all for saving money but you'd be pissed if it broke a few months in for the sake of 50 quid.
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Autovaux ones are mahle which is only what you receive from vauxhall
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Again... Is it not just cheaper AND easier to buy another car? Its not like we're talking about a rebuild on a rare or exotic car here? Its a bloody 1.6 CORSA... Buy another one, sell or weigh the one with the smoky engine in.
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3rd Oct 13 at 07:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Perhaps he's building a performance engine or just fancies doing a rebuild?

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If that was the case. Then there wouldnt be any engine or gearbox rebuilds. Just weigh them all in and buy a new car each time ? No why buy another car to weigh in my shell when the other could be rotton. And the other engine could be just as bad. Mine wasnt smoking much when it was going. Lacked in power

 
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