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Martin W
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17th Dec 12 at 22:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and so the engines apart yet again to repair the bent valves.


on closer inspection , piston 4 inlet vales arent shutting 100% tight so im gonna chat them and hopefully it will sort out the problem. you can see its been running on 3 cylinders from the bottom of the head.


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17th Dec 12 at 22:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Glad to see you've not given up mate!
Martin W
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17th Dec 12 at 23:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mr-SEH
Glad to see you've not given up mate!


cant really afford to mate, too much of a money pit haha
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I know the feeling my one cost me a fair bit ain't got the heart or gut to sell/ break so will be in garage when my new one is done lol
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18th Dec 12 at 01:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Jesus, can't believe how unlucky this has been for you, I thought my luck was bad but this is a different kettle of fish. Fair play for sticking at it, I scrapped mine the first time my engine broke
Martin W
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18th Dec 12 at 08:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Jesus, can't believe how unlucky this has been for you, I thought my luck was bad but this is a different kettle of fish. Fair play for sticking at it, I scrapped mine the first time my engine broke

Spent too much money on it to scrap the engine to be honest. Hopefully after this it should all be sorted
Martin W
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18th Dec 12 at 21:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
got the first valve out tonight and replaced it. looks fine , not bent but best to change the 4 valves on the cylinder for piece of mind.
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19th Dec 12 at 02:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why didnt you turn the head upside down and fill each cylinder pot bit with petrol and watch and see if it leaks?
Sean
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19th Dec 12 at 09:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You can see in the picture he posted they're not sitting properly.
Martin W
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19th Dec 12 at 20:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
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why didnt you turn the head upside down and fill each cylinder pot bit with petrol and watch and see if it leaks?


i could see light between the valves and head so there was no need to put fuel on them
Martin W
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23rd Dec 12 at 20:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i finished rebuilding the head last night, here were the culprits:


gonna be putting it back together end of this week after boxing day
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everytime i look at your updates i want a 16xe again. the effort you've put into this is great
Martin W
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everytime i look at your updates i want a 16xe again. the effort you've put into this is great


stick to the V6 mate, spent around £1500 on this engine and its still only a 1600
ArdenblueDan
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23rd Dec 12 at 21:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i know the feeling dude ive spent £1100 quid on a rebuild for mine recently
Martin W
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23rd Dec 12 at 22:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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i know the feeling dude ive spent £1100 quid on a rebuild for mine recently


its either that or it sits on the drive broken. no choice really.
Mark.W
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23rd Dec 12 at 23:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good progress there keep it up
ArdenblueDan
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24th Dec 12 at 01:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
At least it being fixed buddy
Martin W
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24th Dec 12 at 14:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by ArdenblueDan
At least it being fixed buddy


Yeah getting there for the 5th time. Just gotta hope it's find thus time then leave it and drive it
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24th Dec 12 at 18:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
5th times the charm
Martin W
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Originally posted by vx-scottw
5th times the charm


can only hope, can't see anything that could go wrong this time
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by vx-scottw
5th times the charm


can only hope, can't see anything that could go wrong this time


Noooooo!! why would you say that martin!! Jynxed now!! I cant believe the amount of trouble your having with this engine! Mind you could be the same with any engine! atleast a 1.6 is worth while! Keep at it bud your car is so worth while!
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24th Dec 12 at 22:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Christopher
quote:
Originally posted by deadliner
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Originally posted by vx-scottw
5th times the charm


can only hope, can't see anything that could go wrong this time


Noooooo!! why would you say that martin!! Jynxed now!! I cant believe the amount of trouble your having with this engine! Mind you could be the same with any engine! atleast a 1.6 is worth while! Keep at it bud your car is so worth while!



haha famous last words with me , but on a serious note, everything that can go wrong has gone wrong:

bent valves
fucked honing
re-ringed twice
re stem sealed a head then swapped that for a recon one
6 head gaskets
5 packs of head bolts


just to name a few,so hopefully this time it should FINALLY be ok, a year and half later...

[Edited on 24-12-2012 by deadliner]

[Edited on 24-12-2012 by deadliner]
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25th Dec 12 at 00:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You should be that good at it by now Martin! can do it with your eye's closed, playing
with car's is all part of the learning cure of life! enjoy the car when it's done dude, drive the bollocks
off it! cos you know you can put it right.
Martin W
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29th Dec 12 at 19:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well its finally running again, put it all back together and all is good. slight tapping sound coming from somewhere that it never used to do but ill look into that at a later date.
Joey 1.6 sport
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Good to here Martin hope you sort noise out looking forward to some meets as I'm only at bluewater defo pvs convoy

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