Recent content by Essexboyinwales
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This is great therapy. I have now rebuilt the block and as you can see working on heads. I have loads of pics of the rebuild and will post pics when I have time for those that are interested. This car is like a poker tournament and I'm all in now and spent double what the car is worth
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Thanks @holidaychicken advice appreciated i have the donor block stripped down and all seems good and now have something to work with, I have the vanos repair kit carbon teflon rings and o- rings etc and new timing chain and guides which i got from Beisan Systems.I will at some point rebuild...
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Removed heads from donor engine 3 am this morning and all looks good so far :) Good advice with the non return valve in block it was in a desperate state. I suppose it would be wise to have this donor block tested ? Thanks again. The other half said it is a firm NO to the coffee table idea :D
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Plan B it is then and will use a spare engine i already have, hope that has a serviceable block I took a punt and brought it out of a scrapper that i never heard running
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That makes perfect sense thanks for the explanation
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I feared as much and will address whatever it takes to move forward. I have a question and without sounding stupid can you explain how it would affect the running / performance please ? the reason i ask the car ran perfectly before the engine was pulled apart to investigate coolant leak. TIA
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Is that another word for fecked @DanClarke :eek:
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This bore is the only one that i have concerns with ? all the others are in good condition
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Thanks again yes i will post up a pic of the bores for advice, will do to the non return valve in block cheers for now
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Among the mountain of invoices for work the previous owner had done it seems the head gaskets were done back in 2016 at a cost of over 2k
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Thanks for that advice much appreciated i do have concerns about one bore :eek: but as a backup plan i have a donor block
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That would have been much cheaper ;)