core plugs

I am in the thick of rebuilding a 200 Tdi engine, with the block
stripped ready for a rebore.

Folks like Turner Engineering remove all the core plugs from the block
and head and flush them even further. Is this necessary, or just a good
idea ?

Thanks

Steve

"Steve Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am in the thick of rebuilding a 200 Tdi engine, with the block stripped
>ready for a rebore.
>
> Folks like Turner Engineering remove all the core plugs from the block and
> head and flush them even further. Is this necessary, or just a good idea ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve

If your down to a mass of bits on the bench then swap them while your there.
They should be good for anothor 15 years yet but the replacements should be
cool for another 30. I'm thinking along the lined of corrosion on them. They
are peanuts to buy, a chisel through the middle to remove and the new ones
just tap in... any cleaning within is then as far as you want to go with it.

Imagine trying to get to the most inaccessable ones in the 101 once it's
fitted and it'll make the extra work worthwhile.

Lee D