[Tdi rebuild questions]

However - because the pistons are going to be too tight in the bores I will be using a very high/expensive oil initially. My thinking being that cheap is cheap, and this might not be a good idea. A high quality oil will de a better job I think.

Les.

I recall being told not to do this on a brand new rebuild. The reason being that a very good quality oil will prevent the tapered edges of the new rings wearing flat in the way they're designed to.

Paddy

[What Idiot Designed this?]

Land Rovers - designed by idiots, built by morons, driven by people who ought to know better.

Every time I set out to repair anything on mine I end up having to fix at least 1 other thing because of bad design/rubbish materials/cheap parts (delete as appropriate).

Paddy