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Iain M
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10th May 09 at 17:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looking nice pal. When can i come yours pal for these bcs's done??
willay
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nurburgring sticker on the back already, tsk tsk.
Warren G
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indeed

that tapping noise wasnt a noisy cam/tappets, although i was right topend

very hard to diagnoise on a new engine, is it tappets? is it cams?






no it was valve to piston contact noise!
after a few miles it decided to drop a head off a valve

can be put down to either.
no enough clearance on pockected pistons (yes i should of checked it properly, by it turned over by hand fine)
pockets in wrong place (see pic)

too big cams

soo £700ish + alot of time wasted waiting for people =


GAME OVER
willay
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fuck man, what you going to do? still coming to germany? anythnig we can do to help??
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what a shitter

Torsa g
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surely if it was either one of those things, it would have doen it on more than one valve if not all, it sounds to me that there might have been a collett fitted incorrect or something, but until you have deep investigation into it you wont know, gutted for you mate. hope its a cheap fix

Cant see pics but gone of what warrens said!

[Edited on 11-05-2009 by Torsa g]

[Edited on 13-05-2009 by Ian]
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well that picture of the valve inprints is the next cylinder on.

such a shamus
Iain M
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Thats unlucky mate really feel for ya.
Nick-S
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that sucks arse
DaveyLC
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Thats exactly what happened to the block I've got in bits, Piston smahed its self to bits on the valves/head.

The clearences in the 1.8 are miniscule!
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11th May 09 at 12:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Gutted

Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
Warren G
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torsa g - it was where they were hitt!ng n that valve had enough hence broke at the head nt collet. and theres contact marks on all pistons
Linch
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I really feel for you.....remember me saying I was picking up a nice z16....well the mains and the crank are fucked in that one to!
Cossie
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what type of cams have you used and what is their lift ?
Torsa g
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
torsa g - it was where they were hitt!ng n that valve had enough hence broke at the head nt collet. and theres contact marks on all pistons


shit man i can see the pics now,
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bwarpppppp!
Warren G
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288 cams 11.07mm lift
Warren G
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
bwarpppppp!


indeed
Warren G
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so after my saturday, im not one to get anergy/dishearted

i had a little ring around/look on the net

then while awaited replies done this




found some one on migweb/here with a 84k x18xe1 in middlesex

so sunday morning, done a 160mile round trip for..


deck init


one engine




quick steam clean


swapped sump

new engine in

changed rocker covers



had a few issues with crank sensor, wired new crank in, but no rpm signal messed around, but no luck. So fitted the old z18xe sensor with a bit of modifing

and see ran loverly with a new oil and filter,
how she slept last night



all in a weekends work
willay
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what a weekend eh warren
swill_omnibus
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Nice well done! How come you changed the sump on the XE1?
DaveyLC
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XE1 sump is alot bigger.. I'm still running it, but you do lose some clearence.
Olsrey
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Warren also changed the sump because he wanted to use his x16xe exhaust manifold.
Torsa g
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Good work mate, theres still hope yet ,
FruitBooTeR
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Good stuff warren glad your not sulking like most of us would

Can you still use the cams you were using before as they are alright arnt they? or would you need headwork/diff parts to use them again?

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