986 3.2 home engine rebuild

[OldManMo]

After a million screws and gentle prying I got the first half off and could see the bores totally an the pistons and wow...





Totally crud all over them. I suspect valve stems were leaking but also rings where stuck on two of three especially the bottom control ring. other rings looked far too big as the gap was huge

Luckily the pistons cleaned up nice





Bank 2's pistons were in no better shape

[OldManMo]

When I first looked into the bores, I totally bricked it as OMG, is that a crack in the walls?????!!!!!!!!





Luckily my son was not around as the amount of swearing that ensued was significant. Those observant amongst you may pick up on what I then realised, the mark is only where I had cleaned directly above is with some carb cleaner, luckily it was only a dirt mark

But it did totally throw me for a while. I will check the cylinders once parts come back from cleaning and if there are cracks or oval'ing then I will have the cylinders replaced