Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :cry:

Please tell me nothing went wrong at Marham ?

Yes it did, number 3 piston went :cry::cry::cry:

saw the aa as we left mate
hope you got home ok
btw, dont lose heart mate
see you next time

:( Sorry to hear that Ian mate:(

Stick with it & get it sorted Ian.
Felt really sorry for you today mate.

Hope you woke up positive Ian...although starting at that time it must be blooming hard to be positive :D

Give me a bell later :)

:( sorry to hear that. Hope it comes back bigger and better :thumb:

hmmm didn't quite make it today ;)

more time to ponder your options :thumb::D

Something like that lol, had the best nights sleep in ages though Zzzzzz

Bad luck yesterday mate, was good to meet you though.

Maybe a long shot but does anyone have a bore scope that they could lend me (or do it for me so they know what they are looking at) so i can see what damage has been done to my engine before i decide what to do next

Thanks
Ian

Yeah good to meet you as well, finally putting faces to names :)

How about the company Deaniage used:idea:

Bad luck yesterday Granby, keep your chin up. You looked like you were adamant you were going to get it running again.

Dont bother with the borescope, just get the engine whipped out and pulled apart (heads off at least), you know piston number 3 is fubarred, so looking at it with a borescope isnt going to tell you any different.

Good luck with the next phase.

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gutting :(

don't get rid, you'll regret it............

^^^what he said. i hope you keep it ian :)

Ross ( kin quick ) has a complete sti 7 engine for sale ;)

ncie easy and SAFE 400bhp :thumb:

Don't these engines have avcs which i don't have on a wrx?

they do, but you could always pick up some non AVCS heads and sell the AVCS on or even go back down the OE sti ECU route...the AVCS heads are one extra sensor and solenoid per side iirc :)

Cars having the engine pulled out next week so should hopefully find out the extent of the damage :eek:

hope your exhaust valves are OK Ian :)

we will see ;)

Got my spark plugs back from NGK today after they examined them to find out why one should break up

There conclusions were that it was caused by severe overheating and that is was down to abnormal combustion

Abnormal Combustion
Abnormal combustion reasons include ignition timing related problems, oil entering the combustion chamber, leaking fuel injector or spray pattern etc

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where did the tip of the electrode go??? out the exhaust?? what's the condition like piston/valve/seat etc wise..............

NGK unlikely to say it was their plug that failed i guess?!?!

Engine is coming out tomorrow

I may have missed something, but how do you know exactly that the piston has 'gone'?

I suspect that compression is down, but is the engine breathing excessively?