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Originally Posted by Aurora_GL  i dont see the issue, i did loosen the rod caps and i can turn the crank slowly with the breaker bar. tighten them up and no dice. standard crank, standard bearings. WTF? |
did you use assembly lube on both the main bearings, rod bearings and piston wristpins? Not oil. Assembly lube.
Also what are you torquing the mains and rods to? -- did you re-use the stock VW rods? Are they like ABA/AEG/1.8t rods where they are broken apart and are 1-time use?(part where rod cap and rod meet look to be "broken" from eachother which is done during the initial factory install process. Not a clean break.