Hi guys, update on my emissions problem on the rebuilt 3.0 engine
The weird thing is that it passed on emissions on Nov 2022 then lay idle for a couple of months awaiting welding for the MOT. Upon re-testing in Mar h the CO level was way too high, 8% (see my earlier posts explaining it all).
Here is the engine that was rebuilt. It sounds wrong compared with a 3.2 Elite engine which follows. The strange whooshing noise seems to be coming from the right side of the engine (as you sit in the car). It's as if something is rubbing.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/78Ar5M03_ZEHere is the 3.2 engine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Gmb8ZDU3sIt has only done about 83,000 miles
Anyway I am looking at a worst case scenario in which the 3.0 engine is fundamentally damaged in some way and needs replacing.
Is is possible to use the 3.2 basic engine and fit it into the 3.0 pre-facelift car, ie retain block,cylinder heads, timing belt etc etc and just change the plenum chamber, injectors?, throttle body and other peripherals.