My 3B Coupe project - Total rebuild

[terrybullwon]

thats if the engine is able to turn of course

[volcano rs]

sorry to hear that andy

[A80Avant]

come on andy, you have a deadline on october 9th. Dont go Jamo on us now!!!

[Jamo]

come on andy, you have a deadline on october 9th. Dont go Jamo on us now!!!

You what?

[A80Avant]

meaning taking 2 years to make it work!

just joking of course

[Jamo]

You'll find it also took Andy just over 2 years to make his work if you look at the start date of his project, anyhow

[A80Avant]

oh nooooooo

its a curse!!!

jokes aside Andy, you can make it work! its worth it. If i had any money left i would go for a stroker as well. Now my way future plan is to go for an rs2 sedan.

[Acidburn]

sorry to hear about this andy, hope you getting it sorted,was looking forward to seeing this at adi

[AndyP]

The mustery deepens, and so does the sinking feeling in my stomach

First off a massive thanks to quattro Dan for getting the car back into the garage, an 8ft scaffolding pole and a T30 transporter van did the trick nicely

Initail findings:-
- The engine will not turn over
- It's not the cam pulley, that was still locked in place and the keyway in tact.
- Everything under the cam cover looks OK
- The cams and valve train will turn easily and are now set back to TDC on No.1
- Looking down the inlet tracts there is no obvious signs that the valves are bent.
- With the cambelt off I can turn the bottom end backwards and forwards by about 10° before it reaches a very solid, metallic stop
- Number 3 spark plug is stuck solid. Others came out normally and look OK.
- Looking down no.1 & 2 spark plug holes I can see what looks like metallic debris

That was enough to ruin my evening so I'll pull the head tomorrow to reveal the full horrors beneath.

[newsh]

The stroker is no more

Oh f**k!!

Really sorry to hear this

[AndyP]

I can't see this being fixed for ADI





Still not sure what has caused this yet. If the timing had slipped would you expect to see marks on more that one piston? becaue the other pistons and valves appear untouched.
I'm going to pull the bottom end out tomorrow night and see if there is anything in there that could of caused it

[Error404]

You must be devastated dude.

has the valve stem snapped? I have a good 3B head if its of any use?

[AndyP]

You must be devastated dude.

has the valve stem snapped? I have a good 3B head if its of any use?

Yes valve snapped clean off



I'm suprisingly calm actually, already planning on what I need to re-build it

[A80Avant]

thats pretty awfull. I agree with error, could it be that a valve snapped or something?

[Error404]

what are the chances?
Is the bore ok?