scooby191

dose any one how many hours it takes to strip a bottom end and renew it with new shells and how much a set of shells would cost roughly for a classic scooby my93 thanks neil

stockcar

genuine shells are around £100...............if it needs shells then no doubt it needs other stuff also, what exactly is your issue??? gasket kit is around £250inc..........

time wise we normally take around 3-4 days to strip clean and inspect an engine and then re-build with new or checked components ready to replace in the car.........depends on how 'finicky' you want to be???

alyn

scooby191

cheers alyn mine is starting to rattle dont know if its piston slap or shells rattles on and off the throttle and when you first start up so think its bottom end got another one lined up but want to rebuild my old one if you know what i mean as a spare so not in a rush to rebuild it thanks for the info mate neil

timmyajmy93wrx

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not heard much about pistoin slap on the early one could be wrong though(mine to being a 93wrx) just had rebuild myself. speak to dave at api for parts mate. Probably your big end bearings worn and then will mark the crank.

and as stock car says it is a good few days work and alot of messing mate. good luck to you. Good tip is to replace more parts than required i.e ALL of the oil seals both sets of bearings etc, if you can even though its expensive stuff but will save the time and more money if its all coming out again because you thought a part was ok - i had this with rear crank oil seal - bludi nightmare, can get the engine stripped and out in an hour now!!! lol!!!

scooby191

well now im geting blue smoke out the back. all ive done is give it an oil change and new filter so to me i think some one has had thick oil in when i baught her and now its disturbed it so this makes me think it was piston slap after all and oil is getting through **** eh only had it a few months too oh well looks like putting some body elses problems right again first was a bent shell and now a dud engine looks like its going to be a third time lucky job lol

stockcar

you haven't overfilled it by any chance have you??..................how much and what oil did you use??

alyn

scooby191

hi alyn no mate i know its easily done but no this is major now son i got loads of back pressure coming out of every where dumpvalve oil filler cap exhaust dip stick so looks like rings have gone firing on three pots too ooopppps any way got anothere block for 450 with everything on so just a case of building it up will let you know what it was when i strip her down sure it will be interesting thanks m8 neil

Shark Man

Not wanting to make your day worse...could be a melted piston!

scooby191

now mate sounds dead bad now like started up this morning filled street neighbours looking out on step like lol but never mind will be fixed soon