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Author the bucket: V1 engine strip (heads off, pistons out)
AK
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24th Apr 04 at 11:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
FMIC - well, when are you free and i'll say if ythat is good or no, ken
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got the 1st valve out no prob, but the seat is being a ****.....
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starting to clean a piston, muckky




[Edited on 24-04-2004 by Adam Kindness]
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see should have given the car a 10K boost


is that running optiplop. valves are quite crusted
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i ran it with optiplop, but i dont know its history

every thing except the valves and piston for no4 is coked to buggery
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Wire brush gets the coak crap off the piston heads quite well.
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think it rather use a blunt scraper on them than a wire brush...

rest of valves will be oooot tonight
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what are you doing with this engine, ebuilding it for a nova?
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yup...... or another corsa...
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took the 8 exhaust valves out last night.... none bent, all stem's in good nick.... just coked up faces
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See - Too much coce never done anyone any good, just look at Danellia Westbrook
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poor, very poor
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Neeehehehehe
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all valves are out.... just the bloody seats to do..






can someone confirm if these are valve stem seals??





[Edited on 30-04-2004 by Adam Kindness]
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yesh they are
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well that quite good

but youve gotta put it back togther
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na.... gotta clean it all, clean all the coolant and oil channels... then move on the the pistons, then crank and rods
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u enjoying yourself?
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the top of the head is nice n clean.... but the bottom is a cunt

still havent got the seats out yet
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you wil eventually

i just pulled the head off marc fiesta

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=141232
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usefull PDF (haynes guide to 2.0 16v head)

my haynes only has this detail for the SOHC engine!!
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http://unix.rulez.org/~calver/stuff/haynes_manuals/opel_kadett/1136-02C.PDF
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got all the seats and valve stem seals out now....

Head is now ready for its chemical dip yum yum
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how the fook do you seperate the small end from the pistons




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