Damo STi

ive just done a full bottom rebuild with new con rods over sixed shells etc, i put on a ihi vf28 turbo, new knock sensor, uprated oil pump, new oil medein, just got it back from my mates garage and the noise is back not as bad as last time but its there.

I have only done 109miles and not went over 3000rpm, yet it sounds like a shell has slipped and theres micro size bits of metal in my fresh clean oil.

does anyone know what could have went wrong im sh**ing my pants as i dont have money to shell out to rebuild it all again.

many thanks Damian

bluenose172

iTrader: (2)

Did you check the oil filter after the first turn over of the rebuild, a lot of tuners do this to check for any contamination in the oil.

Damo STi

he did mate it was clean, he put new filter etc on it

sti-04!!

f*k sorry to hear that mate

Hope it aint as bad as it sounds

Hepy

Has your mate ever rebuilt a Scooby before or does he normally do novas and corsas.

Damo STi

Hepy hes done a few scoobs and evo's 4/5 but had help from CRD also as hes friendly with them.

stevie this is what i posted up im gutted mate

parts that i had bought for rebuild no1

brand new uprated GGR oil pump
brand new oil medien or medean?
brand new conrods
new big end shells, main bearing shells all over sized .25 bigends 0.5
crankshaft reground and balanced
fully head gasket kit {boy was that dear}
5 ltrs of A1 Auto's oil


The engine was totally stripped to bits and all heavy flushed out in a cleaning machine made for this only for doing it. as soon as i heard the banging i was switched off and taken back to my mate garage so it had only done it for 5secs max, my oil pressure was all checked before i picked up car but i have a gauge i just cant get an adpator to reach my sensor to get it working so i dont know if the new pump had failed.

Got the engine out and its looking like the crankshaft was not machinced right to go with new conrods no2 and no4 has slipped and damaged crankshaft i have called company that did repair onit and supplied me shells and conrods and they said it aint there fault but ive to take it into edinburgh to thrm tommorow to get it looked at, but i dont have that kinda money to fork out again to get it rebuilt, should i hold the responsible for all this ??? my heads about to burst!!!

thanks guys for all info and help

p.s i had a cavturbo i spent £5000 rebuilding it to get 265bhp and 300lbs torque for it to again 2 yaers later melt a low comp racing piston, i never have luck

cheers Damian

its a ******* nitemare eh

wrxmania

Real sorry to hear that Damo - I really feel for you. Such a waste of money and a nice car to need all that work done first and then maybe some of again?!?!

Stand your ground - those working on it must hold at least some responsibility.

Brian

Damo STi

Brain p&c will here me tomorrow i have to go and see there manager about it all,

cheers mate

wrxmania

Good luck.

Keep us posted.

robinH20MRV

i know just how you feel m8, my motor got a clean bill of health from *wd in perth,"its a top motor now" SEVEN MILES LATER..................BANG though of course it was not down to then, of course not, it must have been me! even colin mcrae cant kill a motor that fast...............

i was gutted, that was the end of my scooby days, now getting a evo.
you are going to have to take the pain, buy a short subaru mota for £1500 and start again, sorry m8, i know how you feel.......................

cheers robinh20.

sti-04!!

Damo - dont take there p!sh, its down to to the mob that reground yer crank, give me a shout & i will give them some of my tech info & blow them to shreds (its all i am good at at ask the missus) honestly dont take there p!sh, you have spent a lot of that tyre money on getting that loud ****** running again

as for the cav, i take it you didnt feel well & were going through a bad patch in life when you owned that ?!?!?!?

Stephen