Project Custard - Gearbox issues

[custardavenger]

Ok well thats engine No.2 broken. Now I have no idea what to do with the bloody car. I can only look at it with hate and disgust. Right I'm off for a cry somewhere.

[loadswine]

Rob, what happened matey?

[muffdan]

 s:shock: :shock: s:shock:   What happened?

[Ilogik]

flipping hell mate, thats some bad luck!

[Christopherathens]

Sh*t!What happened Rob??I am so sorry!!

[muffdan]

For what it's worth Rob I know exactly how you feel mate having had my own built engine fail the weekend after it was mapped. Loads of time and money evaporated on the spot. I found walking away and forgetting about it for a month was enough to heal the wound and I recommend you try the same.

Remember that it's *just* the engine or part of that's gone, not the complete package / car and there's still a lot of worth remaining in the rest of the components and setup you've got. If you want a hand later with any work let me know and I'll be happy to put a day's labour in now and then to help you out.

There is the silver lining that this is another lesson learned perhaps?

Jason

[WillsSayers]

How much is a 1zz worth? Used, not brand new.

[Ilogik]

How much is a 1zz worth? Used, not brand new.

450-1000 depending on where you go private or trader.

[WillsSayers]

Well I may be able to give you a very good deal on one when I get my conversion done, if you're interested........?

[custardavenger]

OK. So after a night with some friends and a bottle of wisky I'm now a little more calm.   s:) s:)  

Basicly I'm thinking it may be a head gasket problem. Coolant has got into cyl 2 and 4 which eventually turned to a big cloud of white smoke. As I was now getting proper readings fom the innovate i had a go at trying to get it to runing well as it was running very lean. So I corrected the AFR and got it up to temp but it started messing about going full scale either way then it went pop. I had noticed before that there was water in the exhaust but had put that down to my garrage being very damp.

So I don't know whether the water was causing my afr problems or something else like the injectors. Hopefully before the weekend is over I'll be able to get the car turned around and back over the pit and pull the head off. If I'm lucky (which I'm usually not) the block will be fine and any damage if there is any will be the head. If its not that simple then I fear the car is gonna be off the road most of the summer while I save for engine components.

[custardavenger]

Cheers Jason. I know what your saying. Basicly I'm hoping head off will be enought to sort this. Then it will hopefully run fine on an original map and I'll be away. I'll still be continuing with all the other stuff I'm doing to get it back on the road. I can see the calipers taking another couple of weeks to dissasemble and clean then another week to get them back together. WI kit needs a good few hours on it as well as the crash bar. The main proble is it's been so long since I've driven it I've forgotton how much fun it is.


Will let you know Will. I only payed £550 for this one.

[E]

Fingers well and truly crossed for you mate.  s:scared: :scared: s:scared:

[WillsSayers]

Will let you know Will. I only payed £550 for this one.

Worst comes to worst, I'll give you mine for half that  s:) s:)  But only 'cause of the drama you're having with this one! I have a lot of sympathy for you considering how much love and labour has gone in to this project! Drop me a PM at some point if you want more details.

[loadswine]

Gutted for you Rob. I hope its something fixable and I think there will be a few of us willing to pitch in and help out if needs be. You aren't on your own with this stuff and there are a number of us, I'm sure , cheering you on from our keyboards!
I know what its like forgetting what its like to drive our 2. I haven't driven mine in anger since the trackday in October.

[SteveJ]

I'll let Rob post the details, but the engine is running OK now.

[WillsSayers]

HORRAH!  s:D s:D

[loadswine]

That's good news.  s:D s:D

[custardavenger]

Yeas indeed. Panic over. Thanks to SteveJ and my ever faithfull mate Andy we have spend the day crawling all over the engine to get it sorted.

Problem traced to massive intake of oil through breather system, also including considerable wolumes of air which may have been the reason for the AFR problems.

We started the day with the look at removing the head in situ. Removed the exhaust manifold and found that what was first thought to be coolant was in fact oil. Next was the throttle body which had light traces of oil on the back. then the one breather pipe and nonreturn valve which was also full of oil. So it was off with the intake manifold which was done without moving the engine at all, and we poured out the oil from that. After lunch it was a full put back together (only having to go back to fit a couple of major things we'd forgotton) and it ran beautifully. I have just got to check that the coolant system is fully airblock free and work out the re pluming of the breather.

Big smiles all round (especially by my wallet)

Just left to tidy up tomorrow and as the car is still over the pit take some brace measurements. Will be uploading pics of the possible WI tank install when I get back to notts. Still lots to do but getting it back on the road is getting ever closer.

Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!

[WillsSayers]

Chuffed for ya pal, glad it's worked out  s:) s:)

[E]

Chuffed for you pal, glad it's worked out  s:) s:)

+1

[DannyN]

Woo and indeed Hah !!!!   Well done chief, really chuffed for you   s:D s:D    s:D s:D    s:D s:D  

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[custardavenger]

Been running it this morning and it seems it will need a little more work. The Thermostat may be an issue. Will have to investigate next time I'm down. It will hold temp at 98. The pipe to rad is warm but you can hold it and the one from rad is stone cold as it the heater matrix.

Got the Tom's FMB fitted and will measure up, I guess thats it for this weekend.

[WillsSayers]

Still better than a blown up engine!

[inert2k3]

Hi Rob,

Just been catching up on this thread. You don't read stuff this interesting in epic novels! I was really gutted for you when I read about the engine going but relieved when I heard you got it going again!   s:D s:D  

Very kind of you Will to offer help for a member in (dire) need... that's what makes this a great club!

Nice one and I hope your on the road soon   s:D s:D  

Mohammed

[E]

It sounds to me like you may have an airlock.