Cheers Lee - Wish we had X-ray vision, to get a good look inside, as you said the only way to truly know, is to split it up however sad that may be

I hope you are well and work is going great too

 

why would you not put a magnetic sump plug back in as you only need to wipe and clean it im sure you could have got all the debris off [/QUOTE]

Piece of mind to be honest Lee. Why would you put something like that back in for the sake of a couple of quid that could potentially cost thousands.

Doesn't make sense to me but that's just me. I take it would have done it then.

 

im sure it would have cleaned up fine and you could have got all the bits off it but some can be different in shape and some harder to clean off than others

work is great simon and just almost finished building a jaguar E-type V12 and half way through building up a evo 5 all from a fresh painted shell once these two are done and out then I start on a nice classic RS 2000 stripping it down ready for full body restore

 

welcome to my world mate, sucks dont it. gotta hope when u start it it doesnt rattle or knock

 

Here's to a good end for us Mates !!

 

This thread dragged kicking and screaming from the depths of SN !! briefly the Bug is going on a breakdown truck (next Fri) to finally get to the bottom of what issues caused the problems - thanks to Mr Edwards (Richy) for accepting the challenge(s) !!

 

Good luck Simon, I hope the news is as good as possible.

 

Keeping my fingers crossed for you Si. Hopefully it'll be back on the road soon, getting sick of seeing it sitting on your drive every time I pass
I'm sure that Mr Edwards and his magic spanners will get it sorted.

 

Cheers Chaps Yes a worrying time - the car has done an amazing job impersonating a plant pot over the last year !!

 

Good luck

 

Fingers n toes crossed for u m8

 

Cheers for the best wishes - I'll be doing alot of pacing around that's for sure - no doubt the brakes are stuck too - so I think a gentle shove is in order this PM and a bit of car shampers !! Maybe !

 

Finally its going to be hopefully made better.

 

Hi Rich - how's things ? Havn't seen you for a while Yeah the final straight is looming !!

 

Good si, been meaning to pop down to see you. Glad the car is going to Rich to see whats wrong. How's everything with you?

 

Hi Rich OK thanks Mate The car is now in Richy's so let the pacing begin

 

That's good, hope it's an easy fix.

 

Come on what's happening, I want a webcam feed into the Richard's garage.

 

Great idea that Tyron hoping it won't be too much of a horror movie then though !!

 

apparently michael sheen the actor worked there b4 he wuz famous

 

Well that added greatly to the thread, well done.

 

Thinking out the box that was The engine is out !!!!! diagnosis to follow soon

 

Good luck si, hope theres nothing too major lurking inside there, and she's back ready for some summertime driving!!

Rob

 

Cheers Rob - that would be nice, I've missed it ready for an icecream run

 

Just got back from Richy's with the engineless mobile - There will be a shopping list !!!!!!!

 

Well after 10 months we finally get to see the cause of the failure on Si's engine. Had a constructive day today, and the weather holding off made things easier. This is how far I got with removing and stripping the engine.



Found a few things on the way, this was the turbo water inlet. The rust had come from the bottom of the expansion tank, not surprising as the car has been sitting for a year.



There was a puddle of oil on top of one of the heads, my guess is that this come from the breather system going to the catch can.



It also sprayed oil over the wiring loom connectors



There was a nut missing from the exhaust, I couldn't see any signs of it blowing.



There was another nut missing, this time from the inlet Manifold.




Found this loose and tucked under the manifold, not sure what it is so I will have to find out where it came from.



I then turned the engine on it's side to start working on the heads and noticed a rattle in the sump, so I took that off.

Found sealant stuck in the mesh on the oil pickup.



There were fragments of metal in the sump, also spotted this damage on the baffle.



More digging found this damage on the conrod



Next job was to remove the head. I didn't take any pics at this stage, I found the timing belt guide was missing. When I removed the head, I found cylinder 3 was full of rust, the valves were also rusty and it was clear that the head gasket had failed. I then removed piston 3 and found this.



I also removed the other head and it looks like one of the cylinders was running rich.



So thats it, tomorrow I will be splitting the shortblock for a better look and then it will be a wait until Wednesday to get advice and see if it salvagable.

 

Very interesting to say the least...

 

Missing nuts - no belt guide ? Arrggghhhh and the damage interesting indeed

 

just thinking out loud fella -life is one big learning curve and i was trying to lighten the mood thats all,jeez man

 

And I was being sarcastic ie injecting some humour, something it would appear that living on the jack side of the Loughor estuary makes you fail to notice.