Ben
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good read that.
glad it works although my cheese on toast is cold now
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VegasPhil
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Yeh I enjoyed this thread too!
Congratulations Matey! Well done. 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Half Pint
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Good News !
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a_j_mair
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well i picked the car up at lunch time took it for a spin up the street to the bank and back. all seemed well 
then when i finished work at 3.30 went out all going to drive car home under its own steam for the first proper time in months. Turned ignition started and then revs just died and it wouldnt start    so tryed a couple of times and nothing. walked up road to garage and michael came down, tryed starting it and big backfire from exhaust then nothing  didnt sound good at all. so it got towed round corner to the garage last night.
got a call this morning, reckons it is the valve lifters that have stuck open. said he managed it started but sonuded very knocky.
Is going to look at it on monday and try to get if sorted
knew it was to good to be true. Just hope it can be sorted r i think it will be stripped and sold really dont want to do that!!
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RCoughtrie
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keep going mate untill its all fixed up... dont give in you know its gonna give yourself high personal satisfaction in the end
its your baby
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a_j_mair
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i havent gave up for the last year but it is just costing more and more and more and it still isnt working, was just beginig to sort out my finances before xmas and it has fucked it all up now.
i am hopefull it will be fixed on maonday
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Rhino
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I remember when i re-built my 16... when i first started it it sounded like shit! Tappets/lifters were rattling away.....i thought i must have done something wrong but after about 10mins or more of running they stopped and it was running sweet.
They just needed time to fill back up with oil.
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a_j_mair
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it sounded fine when it was started up at lunch time, garage took it a wee run to check it aswell. hopefully it is just something simple
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Half Pint
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told you to leave the lifters in oil !
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a_j_mair
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the lifters were left in oil the tray in this pic was full of oil with all the lifters sitting in order.
should get news this morning
[Edited on 05-12-2005 by a_j_mair]
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Half Pint
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the lifters are in the two trays on the left.... not filled with oil 
[Edited on 05-12-2005 by Half Pint]
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a_j_mair
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they are the cam bearing cap things are they not
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
they are the cam bearing cap things are they not
indeed they are.
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a_j_mair
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Yes  i learned something by taking my engine to pieces just noit how to get it running properly
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a_j_mair
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went to garage at lunch time. Michael is off today they were just going to look at it but couldnt get in happens all the time. Battery is flat enough to open boot and crawl through tho. Think there may be a wire a little bit bare. will need to check this myself. Anyway they were going to be looking at it this afternoon so hopefullt it will be going for longer than 5 minutes this time
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Rileysport
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change the thread title to "x16xe rebuild UPDATE the nightmare continues "
hope it gets sorted soon
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a_j_mair
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yes the whole car is a night mare. took about 6 months for a respray, engine, crashed it just after it as looking good at max power 04 it is a nightmare but find it hard to bring myself to sell it now
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Rileysport
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
yes the whole car is a night mare. took about 6 months for a respray, engine, crashed it just after it as looking good at max power 04 it is a nightmare but find it hard to bring myself to sell it now
i have the same problem
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Half Pint
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
they are the cam bearing cap things are they not
indeed they are.
thought they were the hydraulic lifters ?????
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a_j_mair
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they are just for holding the cams in place i believe
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a_j_mair
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just phoned garage. michael isnt in but spoke to someone else. just said there is something wrong inside the engine and to come in and see michael tommorow dont think it sounds good unless they have done something that has fucked it dont know will have to wait till tomorow now. think it could be bad news for defo this time
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a_j_mair
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really is turning into a nightmare now had a call from garage, somthing has managed to find its way into the engine and took a bit out the spark plug. There is now little compression in 1 and none in 4. Think this is maybe what happened to it before it was rebuilt as when i removed the old plugs part of the end of one was damaged/bit missing. waiting on another call to let me know what is happening but he reckons i would be best to take engine out AGAIN and take it in for them to strip and have a look at. Just going to have a search on auto trader
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Rileysport
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give up and replace it with a known good, prefferably just run in engine
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Greasemonkey
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i had similar problems with my engine, pistons were kissing valves, we rebuilt it at a cost of £800 and during the running in period the pistons started kissing valves again and i lost compression. Turned out the bottom end had been bored out wrong for the new pistons. It stressed the bottom end and was eating main bearings causing the piston in no1 to not be running true and the gugeon pin worked loose cut through almost into cylinder no2 and there was enough give for the piston to touch the underside of the head. Sounded auwful as you can imagine. Ended up scrapping the engine and starting fresh
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
i had similar problems with my engine, pistons were kissing valves, we rebuilt it at a cost of £800 and during the running in period the pistons started kissing valves again and i lost compression. Turned out the bottom end had been bored out wrong for the new pistons. It stressed the bottom end and was eating main bearings causing the piston in no1 to not be running true and the gugeon pin worked loose cut through almost into cylinder no2 and there was enough give for the piston to touch the underside of the head. Sounded auwful as you can imagine. Ended up scrapping the engine and starting fresh
bet that made a nice sound
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