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Given it is a thread about piston soak, and I have performed the said procedure, then disassembled engine, there was unique opportunity to inspect the the results. All rings were free, but this was not the issue in this particular case. The procedure was performed primarily to dissolve the...

Thanks for feedback. I would have never expected this type of the damage in the engine, but now I understand. I bought the car cheap to me it makes sense to fix it. Even If I traded it in I would have to spend heaps more money to get something else. I decided to keep the car and rebuild the...

To answer common questions 1. of course when I rotated engine by hand the plugs and injectors were out. 2. of course some chemical got into the exhaust. in fact so much the I saw some leaking around exhaust mid-point where exhaust sections are joined. Never the less I would expect these to burn...

Update. Have done cold compression test. all cylinders between 11 and 12 bar, which I would say is ok. The one with 11 bar has a slight leak in valve - I have noticed this while de-carboning. no change after adding some oil and re-doing the test. Also pics of plugs before and after the...

No, I have not test drove between. Because of how the engine is built, PVC replacement is a big job, so all was done as one. You are right these have coolant running through PVC assembly. yes there were spillages during work but cylinders, crankcase and intake tract was subsequently flushed and...

Yes, thats the plan. I have MEK. Toulene just not available at all anywhere.

Hello. TLDR; Piston soak procedure made smoking/oil consumption way worse. Car unusable now due to amount of smoke it creates. What now ? Full story: I have an Audi 3.0TFSI (petrol/gas) engine in a Q7 4L chassis (2012) - just under 80k miles on it. Apparently was a batch of them in 2012 with...