jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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went for a drive to get some pics of my car since ive had the wing repaired and a few other little bits touched up.
i started off this morning by fittin my freshly painted rocker cover and cambelt cover (you can see where this is going.........)
then went to find a place to get a few good photos
as i pulled up the engine started to tap quite loudly, so i stopped the engine bu it was still running ok, then i was straight on the phone to the aa to get the car recovered back to my house, as with a noise like that i didnt want to run the risk of any futher damage happening to the engine.
once home i removed the rocker cover to find shot blast material around the cams and my heart sunk! the camcover was blasted before it was painted, and i spent ages cleaning it to make sure i had all the shot out of the cover, but its looking like i missed some. removed the cambelt and the inlet camshaft. i found that on cylinder no4, one of the hydolic lifters is wedged into the head,presumably by some shot material but as yet i cannot get the lifter out of the head 
also the inlet camshaft is scored on the end lobe. i think its time to strip the engine down further and check to make sure that the shot hasnt made its way down to the main bearings.
that is all
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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mate you have very little luck
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Bummer - i think this is a lesson as didnt muppet have same sort of problem?
DONT PAINT ENGINE PARTS! 
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Chris C
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Registered: 2nd Jan 05
Location: Hemel Hempstead
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gutted for you mate
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DAZ1985
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Location: Scholar Green, Cheshire
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gutted for you mate
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cunningham
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Registered: 25th May 05
Location: Lochore, Fife
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
Bummer - i think this is a lesson as didnt muppet have same sort of problem?
DONT PAINT ENGINE PARTS!
i agree
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
Bummer - i think this is a lesson as didnt muppet have same sort of problem?
DONT PAINT ENGINE PARTS!
no its fine to get parts painted, just get them acid dipped not blasted 
Your shit outta luck recently mate
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BYRON
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Registered: 1st Jun 04
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fuckin expensive mistake. Sorry to hear it.
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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still cant get the follower out of the head,dunno how im gona get that out now.mayb drill it and slide hammer it??
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Fucking hell!
No way
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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cam journals in the head and the caps are also scored on the inlet cam.looking like one dead head. will have to get the oil out and the sump off and see if the bottom end is damaged. if so then bye bye engine
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Alex16v
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Registered: 30th Jun 06
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Gutted for you mate, i really honestly am.
Your car looked so nice in them pictures aswell!!
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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shot peening parts is fine as long as you clean the shot out first
i shot peen gears for ford and they work fine coz they get cleaned after peening
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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we cleaned out the rocker cover but obviously missed some of it, end of the day its my fault so gona have to make the decision on what to do
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Benn
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Registered: 25th Nov 05
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Sorry to hear that dude,
its is the bad thing about have stuff blasted, i'd only ever sand bits back,
Hope you can get it all sorted.
Stunning car...
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RCS
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Registered: 26th Jan 05
Location: Lichfield/Dundee
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Must be heart breaking mate. Don't give up though!
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Olsrey
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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few more pics. i think the heads had it on this one now
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Sorry to see that it's buggered up again.
Since doing most of the mods to your engine, how many miles do you think you have done?
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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4000-5500 i think
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Ben ev
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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if i were you ide tatally strip the engine down and rebuild it rather than just replacing the head as imo it would of circulated throughout the bottom end.
i wouldnt of thought your pump will be thanking for for it either
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Steve X16XE
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over how long now?
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by DAZ1985
gutted for you mate
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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bugger same happened to fad a while ago i think
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Yup James welcome to the unfortunate club
Always happens when the cars running in its prime too, tis an expensive lesson to learn but I sincierely hope this gets sorted.
Good luck mate
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