Volvo Penta MD-22 Seized / Repair or Replace?

[Bobc]

Trouble is that by the time you pay someone to strip the engine down, get it re-bored, get the head planed, and re-build it all, you're 3/4 of the way to the cost of a new engine. If you can do the work yourself, then ok fine, but as soon as you have to start paying £70/hr, the costs really rack up.

 

[convey]

Probably just condensation and some rust on the rings. I'd stick some diesel or diesel acetone mix down the bores.

Why would you need to skim the head after a light hone, which could probably be done by hand on the jetty side, or even bore? I think not "3/4 of the price of new" on a 50hp engine.

Just so folk know, you can light hone a cylinder using a hand drill and the right attachment.

 

[Beneteau381]

Probably just condensation and some rust on the rings. I'd stick some diesel or diesel acetone mix down the bores.

Why would you need to skim the head after a light hone, which could probably be done by hand on the jetty side, or even bore? I think not "3/4 of the price of new" on a 50hp engine.

Just so folk know, you can light hone a cylinder using a hand drill and the right attachment.

Thats what I did with my spare