Think its time to part with the scoob. Lots of probs after probs. cooked itself today.

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im gutted, Mike had just done a brilliant job on dents.

Loves my scoob tho.

Struggling now.

 

Gutted for you fella

 

Noooo not another one!! sorry to hear this buddy!!

 

Very sorry to hear this, I feel for you, looks loke you bought some good kit for the build too !!

I hope you get it sorted and get a plan together, to keep her !! Try Dylan for some pointers Mate

 

Very sorry to hear this, I feel for you, looks loke you bought some good kit for the build too !!

I hope you get it sorted and get a plan together, to keep her !! Try Dylan for some pointers Mate

 

be 3rd time for fixing, 1st time i bore washed it, being a idiot. 2nd time damaged block, mating surfaces warped, lasted 1300 miles, this time done over 3k, mapped, all working brilliant. its a cooling issue that caused it. now i gotta work out what, i think race rad, new water pump, cooler thermostat. new arp head bolts. and a engine bay clean. lol

gotta smile or i will cry.

dunno if its related but only 1rad fan been working recently, 2nd only kicks in when very hot, always used to have 2 fans on same time and heaters in car dont work anymore.

 

hi math been trying to get hold of you, could it be that the head gaskets or heads as you did use the same head bolts a few times ? did you do cylinder test when engine is warm as it is forged ? no knocks on bottom end that we built just over heating and low pressure ? plus i remember a thread you posted saying about a hissing noise you had awhile back so sounds like head problem to me

could one be cracked ? give me a ring mate

 

tomorro il strip it out, gonna be another £500+ bill, water pump, new arp bolts, race rad thermostat, head gaskets, ouch. moneypit.com lol

 

stipped it down a bit, timing was ok, thermostat ok, water pump seems ok, rad looks ok. oil was ok, so tomorro il be removing engine and stripping heads off

 

can't beleive this has happened againall the best m8

 

i kno, at least its not bottom end, well shudnt be lol, soon see when engine eventually starts

 

Gutted for you mate, keep us updated as you find out what's worng.

 

will do mate, gutted cause finally started to be happy with how it looked, no dings dents etc. was ready to come to the meets and see everyone.

nevermind, soon as its fixed il be there. promise

 

lil update, fully stripped it, gaskets warped, bottom end looks great, on checking water pipes found top hose has a nice split. only thing iv found to cause it. so time to order stuff up. lots of money needed, lol

 

Good (and bad) news then. Hope you get it sorted, keep your chin up!!

 

feel for you mate as i had a hose go when i was on a spirited drive about a year ago and didnt know till i come to a junction and the gauge jumped to the top in about 10 sec's
Hope you dont have to sell mate good luck

 

well this car has tried my patience over past 3 years, but the fun and smile factor means i cannot, not fix it especially for a duff hose. this time now tho gonna spend some time cleaning, painting, some carbon fibre on bodywork, splash of paint, new decals. clean engine bay alot.

im happy cause its not anything i done wrong when building.

just really hope bottom end didn't get to hot and attempt suicide lol motul 300v 15w 50 oil in, so shud be well protected.

 

Thank god it wasn't anything more serious good luck with getting it back up and running

 

thanks mate. wont be too long. get it bk up n running, sort bodywork, then turn attentions back to engine providing all is well. bloody pipe. whats the chances of that splitting. grrrrrrr

 

pricing things up today, gonna cost £600 to put right. not including inlet manifold, exhaust gaskets etc.

so i think by then end of it its will probably cost approx £700

dont think misses is gonna allow this expense with new born baby.

maybe time to say good bye to my scoob

sad times

 

Damm that must hurt mate,but i can understand were the missis is coming from,how much do you think its worth as it is?

 

dunno mate. not alot id imagine. had loads of probs, take 2 long to go through it typing lol