My Old GTi (Gizmo)
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Nope, it sounds terrible when you try and turn it over.
shaggy_master
brapp brapp!
I hope to god that the chain is still on..
Well...
Just had the cam cover off, and nothing seemed amiss, the chain was still taught. Seems like its bottom end.
Just had the cam cover off, and nothing seemed amiss, the chain was still taught. Seems like its bottom end.
Sooo.....
Got my new engine, gearbox, loom, driveshafts, everything off the venerable scott b last weekend.
And today I removed the engine etc out of the GTi super quick (Well, in between the gaps where I sat and stared into space that is).
It's amazing how little needs to come off. Dash loom (A few plugs and earths), water pipes, fuel lines, PAS pipes, driveshafts out of the hubs, gear linkage off, downpipe off the cat (Left it attached to the manifold), then the 6 engine mount bolts
Had to get some help to push the car up the hill into the garage though as I am weak.
No pics as I left the camera at home, although did discover that a bolt had smashed a chunk out of the old gearbox, will have a go at fixing it, its still held in though.
With any luck (As if...) next weekend I can get the 'new' engine in simple enough, then blow that up, then I can achieve the 3 engines in 3 months award!
Got my new engine, gearbox, loom, driveshafts, everything off the venerable scott b last weekend.
And today I removed the engine etc out of the GTi super quick (Well, in between the gaps where I sat and stared into space that is).
It's amazing how little needs to come off. Dash loom (A few plugs and earths), water pipes, fuel lines, PAS pipes, driveshafts out of the hubs, gear linkage off, downpipe off the cat (Left it attached to the manifold), then the 6 engine mount bolts
Had to get some help to push the car up the hill into the garage though as I am weak.No pics as I left the camera at home, although did discover that a bolt had smashed a chunk out of the old gearbox, will have a go at fixing it, its still held in though.
With any luck (As if...) next weekend I can get the 'new' engine in simple enough, then blow that up, then I can achieve the 3 engines in 3 months award!
4th time for me Craig 
Engine it came with was hydrolock damaged, changed it for the ported/polished low mileage one and it worked, apart from major oil leak from dodgy gasket, so changed it for primera one, overheating and eventual oil fail caused knackered bearings, changed that back to the ported one with new gasket, making a hell of a racket top end, went bang clonk after 3 hours (Mystery problem though), so got a nice standard GTi engine going in now
Engine it came with was hydrolock damaged, changed it for the ported/polished low mileage one and it worked, apart from major oil leak from dodgy gasket, so changed it for primera one, overheating and eventual oil fail caused knackered bearings, changed that back to the ported one with new gasket, making a hell of a racket top end, went bang clonk after 3 hours (Mystery problem though), so got a nice standard GTi engine going in now
Hydrolock is water damage, the car was essentially a flood write-off when I got it.
Water gets into the combustion chamber, it is thicker than air/fuel mixture and won't compress easily... bye bye engine.
Water gets into the combustion chamber, it is thicker than air/fuel mixture and won't compress easily... bye bye engine.
Sorry mate, but I lol'd when I read that! Hope this one works out!
Got some uni work handed in yesterday, so I headed up to the garage in the early evening to work on the car. Here is a sort of timeline of events, pretty crap pics but they tell the story all right.
To begin with, 3 SR20s on the floor, car in the garage
Crane in, car up
Couple of wheels under the ARB to allow the engine room to go in.
With the engine roughly under the car, the car was lifted off the wheels and onto axle stands
Craning the engine up and in
Engine in the side mounts first, then cradle bolted in
All done
Jack used to level out the engine to line up the mounts
Getting enough clearance to get the engine in
The crane has a RWD orientated base so had to jack the gearbox on top to make it fit
To begin with, 3 SR20s on the floor, car in the garage
Crane in, car up
Couple of wheels under the ARB to allow the engine room to go in.
With the engine roughly under the car, the car was lifted off the wheels and onto axle stands
Craning the engine up and in
Engine in the side mounts first, then cradle bolted in
All done
Jack used to level out the engine to line up the mounts
Getting enough clearance to get the engine in
The crane has a RWD orientated base so had to jack the gearbox on top to make it fit
With an SR20? I saw someone doing it on a K11 once and it looked very messy. Cant really be arsed taking off the underbrace etc either.
Well, put it together last thursday and it wouldnt start. Went home for the easter weekend, came back to find my friends Chris and Dave have fixed it! Just took it around the block and its brilliant! Such a smooth running engine.
Thats what great friends are for
Thats what great friends are for
They did the 'ghetto' spark and fuel test, replaced a corroded wire on the fuse boxes on the left hand side of the engine bay, new fuel filter, and a lot of cranking over.
I've still got to reassemble the interior, fix the rev counter, and fit the standard cat back and lights.
I've still got to reassemble the interior, fix the rev counter, and fit the standard cat back and lights.