ruebs
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Registered: 28th Mar 05
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Need advice on what to do
I have a opel corsa 1.6 16v gsi and the body and interior is in good nic bought it for $AU3800 but it has done 96000km change timing belts and master brake cyclinder but i think engine a bit flacky I see a lot of people taking about conversions to 2ltr should I investigate and if so does anyone now who can help me in Sydney Australia or should i maybe get my current engine rebuilt by taking out of the car myself to save $$$$ do people rebuild 1.6 16v engines I need some good advice
Thanks in Advance
Ruebs
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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im re-building a 1.6 16v at the moment. not really difficult, but takes a bit of time!
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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quote: Originally posted by ruebs
Need advice on what to do
I have a opel corsa 1.6 16v gsi and the body and interior is in good nic bought it for $AU3800 but it has done 96000km change timing belts and master brake cyclinder but i think engine a bit flacky I see a lot of people taking about conversions to 2ltr should I investigate and if so does anyone now who can help me in Sydney Australia or should i maybe get my current engine rebuilt by taking out of the car myself to save $$$$ do people rebuild 1.6 16v engines I need some good advice
Thanks in Advance
Ruebs
unless you want to spend shit loads of cash importing a 20XE from Europe, maybe look into getting a newer Holden engine like one from a Vectra or Astra.
Or just get a better condition X16XE and replace.
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ExtremeVB
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Registered: 14th Feb 05
Location: Milton Keynes
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How do you actually "rebuild" an engine? What do you do?
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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quote: Originally posted by ExtremeVB
How do you actually "rebuild" an engine? What do you do?
strip it down and renew all the internal parts so its like it was when i came from the factory....
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