Lots of components removed yesterday as part of the stripdown.
Started with the Auxiliary belt, which looks in good nick
I did however notice after this, that the wire for the 1-3-5 knock sensor has been incorrectly routed in the past. This one comes out by the alternator - which has caused it to chafe on the auxiliary belt tensioner pully.
It should really between the aux tensioner and the rear cambelt cover to prevent it going near any belts. But never mind, it's easy to get at with the amount being stripped, and I might even have a spare.
Next step, removal of the front cable tray, and the crank, water pump, and power steering pulleys:
And then the aux belt tensioner, with pulley still attached. This needs taking apart and greasing, as it runs very freely - which I shall do.
Off with the outer cambelt cover:
To expose the cambelt set up
A quick check of the valve timing shows it to be a little out, but nothing to get excited about and nothing that would be contributing to this engine's problems
Engine now set to 60deg BTDC so the pistons are all in a safe position. Then, removal of the cambelt kit:
Leaves us looking like this:
Off with the 4 x camshaft toothed pulleys:
And the rear, metal cambelt cover
To leave us looking like this:
All 4 camshafts removed, along with their respective bearing shells
Leaving the engine looking as follows:
Now the 24 x hydraulic valve followers:
Leaving the engine bay looking like:
I decided at this point, to raise the car and drop the downpipes off. Made sense in my head, beacuse I didn't want to lye underneith it
after I'd removed the water pump and piddled the coolant all over the ground
Three of the downpipe-to-manifold nuts came away without any drama using a series of extension bars and a breaker bar, after a soak in some plusgas.
The fourth one, however, didn't play. The socket slipped over the nut, resulting in the breaker bar smashing me in the face, and waking up today with a shiner
Anyhow, it was nothing that my faithful irwin socket and a lump hammer couldn't sort out, so the exhaust is now off. No pictures of this, didn't want to take my phone under the car just in case!
Next step was removal of the water pump for inspection. It's fine, the impellor turns with the spindle with no play or leaks or roughness.
It looks new, and will probably get reused, hence the block of wood used to knock it off via the body of the pump, and not the spindle:
The red sealant around the pump wasn't needed, but, equally wasn't doing any harm.