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This will buff right out right?


Lauren

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So pulled the head on the mini Cooper today. There was zero compression in cylinder 2. Previous owner said. Loan headgasket. This is what I found. Good thing I have a spare short block on hand

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The mini is really easy to work on and it's pretty simple overall. In service mode everything is accessible. I bought this car knowing it has a "headgasket" issue. I have no money in the car yet. I wasn't expecting a bottom end issue but at this point it really isn't that much more to pull the bottom end. I will have a fresh engine go back in it next weekend. This time it will be built to handle everything I can throw at it
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Is it really a "bottom end" issue? The cheap as chips hack in me thinks it is a dingle ball hone and a used serviceable piston away from running again. maybe it is because I consider bottom end to be rotating assembly (crank and rods) and this is only slightly worse than a ring job - but what do I know, the only engines I have ever touched this far apart are old junky American v-8s and 70's motorcycles, not boosted modern german precision engines.
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