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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Darth Loo-knee on 08 September 2010, 19:12:45
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I don't know if you can see the state of the oil from the pictures but it is like Treacle, staying stuck to the insides instead of dripping out :o
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1283774274676.jpg)
Oil pick up pipe getting clogged....
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1283774303166.jpg)
Big End Bearings like tissue paper :o :o
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1283781562456.jpg)
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Gaaaw cringe.....bit of a knock perhaps?
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Gaaaw cringe.....bit of a knock perhaps?
Er you could say that Chris :o
There was also a cork made from Bigend Bearing up the oilway on the crank :-?
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ugh ... looks like the stuff a neighbour had put on his drive !!
Poor engine .. what had it done to deserve such ill treatment ... :(
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ugh ... looks like the stuff a neighbour had put on his drive !!
Poor engine .. what had it done to deserve such ill treatment ... :(
You would not guess what mileage the car has done!
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Is it the 2.6 you mentioned Daz?
At a guess, you would think it had done circa 120,000 miles on a fairly poor service schedule. How many miles has it actually done? When my sump came off, it actually looked lovely and clean compared to that...I was rather suprised. After 500 miles or so the oil is just starting to turn dark in mine, so I'll change it. I wonder how long the oil had been in this poor 2.6?
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Is it the 2.6 you mentioned Daz?
At a guess, you would think it had done circa 120,000 miles on a fairly poor service schedule. How many miles has it actually done? When my sump came off, it actually looked lovely and clean compared to that...I was rather suprised. After 500 miles or so the oil is just starting to turn dark in mine, so I'll change it. I wonder how long the oil had been in this poor 2.6?
It has done less than half the miles you thought there Josh :o
I wouldn't like to say how many oil changes its had but not many I wouldn't think :-?
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Is it the 2.6 you mentioned Daz?
At a guess, you would think it had done circa 120,000 miles on a fairly poor service schedule. How many miles has it actually done? When my sump came off, it actually looked lovely and clean compared to that...I was rather suprised. After 500 miles or so the oil is just starting to turn dark in mine, so I'll change it. I wonder how long the oil had been in this poor 2.6?
It has done less than half the miles you thought there Josh :o
I wouldn't like to say how many oil changes its had but not many I wouldn't think :-?
I reckon ONE
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Got any pics of the crank etc now and during Mr LooKnee?
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Got any pics of the crank etc now and during Mr LooKnee?
To be honest Master I didn't think on about taking other pictures :-[ I can however take pictures of nice clean intestines ;D
Should have aken pictures of the cork eh. . . :-?
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Its had a lucky escape that one with no crank or rod damage
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Posting on our phones are we chaps? ;D ;D
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unsticking
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unsticking
Again :-X :-X :-X ;D ;D ;D
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unsticking
Again :-X :-X :-X ;D ;D ;D
Bloody Android boys.....
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unsticking
Again :-X :-X :-X ;D ;D ;D
Bloody Android boys.....
:-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
Still not sure that the gayiPhone is any better though ::) ::)
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Posting on our phones are we chaps? ;D ;D
Nope IE8
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Posting on our phones are we chaps? ;D ;D
Nope IE8
Daz is on his phone, according to logs...
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Posting on our phones are we chaps? ;D ;D
Nope IE8
Daz is on his phone, according to logs...
Its time he changed his browser then like I have
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Posting on our phones are we chaps? ;D ;D
Nope IE8
Daz is on his phone, according to logs...
Its time he changed his browser then like I have
He couldn't change the unlock swipe direction, I think he may need help with a new browser ;D
What browser do you use?
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At the moment Opera, a bit quirky but seems pretty stable
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Used that on Windows Mobile until YaBB became compatible with Pocket IE. Tried it on the crApple.
It works (mostly), but a bit 'unique' as you say...
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I have just loaded Fennec (Mobile Firefox) but not used it in anger yet.
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F fox mob useless on n900, unless I'm missoing something. No jumping though. :(
Probably completely irrelevant on another hand set.
Think crapple still wins for oofing?
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F fox mob useless on n900, unless I'm missoing something. No jumping though. :(
Probably completely irrelevant on another hand set.
Think crapple still wins for oofing?
I agree :y
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F fox mob useless on n900, unless I'm missoing something. No jumping though. :(
Probably completely irrelevant on another hand set.
Think crapple still wins for oofing?
My iPad really did not want to post the other day .. all the animated gifs made the screen refresh rate crawl while trying to type.
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I think I know this engine!! believe it was a one elderly owner car and had a decent service history, looking at that that I'm guessing the garage has been blagging it or has been using the cheapest, nastiest oil known to man.
How's the rebuild going Daz ?
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Shot the owner :(
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I think I know this engine!! believe it was a one elderly owner car and had a decent service history, looking at that that I'm guessing the garage has been blagging it or has been using the cheapest, nastiest oil known to man.
How's the rebuild going Daz ?
Going well mate... just waiting for some parts to come then rebuild it back up and see how it sounds :y
Plan B is at the ready :D
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:o :o
Thats why its always best to give the car you've just bought a good servicing and don't take anyones word that its been well looked after ;)
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every engine i have seen with shels like that has needed the crank reground except one!! and that was a 73k 2.6 straight six
carlton diplomat, i spent ages polishing the crank journals and it ran sweet as a nut to say i was amazed was a understatement, but last time i saw the guy it had 122k on the clock but he was religious on his oil changes after seeing the damage it had done, his words when he asked me to fix it? it sounds like a diesel!!! :y
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Well this car has 58572 miles on the clock so was hoping that doing the Big End Bearing would solve the problem, before changing the Bottom End.
Everything was put back together and the car ticked over perfectly, infact you would think it a new engine... until I drove it up the road when at 3000rpm a knockin started :( so back home.. revving the car up the knock went at around 5000 rpm nice and quiet again...
Anyway it obviously wasn't going to go away but thought it may have been worth a try as there was nothing to lose really. The owner of the car just wanted me to change the bottom end so yesterday I removed the Donor Engine & Gearbox from the car it belonged to. Stripped it all down the the Block, then cleaned it up so it looks like new ready for refitting parts. I then removed the Engine & Gearbox from the Knocking Car ;D and called it a day.
So today,, was strip down knocking engine, heads off clean them as you aint seen nothing like them (photo below) I had to fill the plug well with Carb Cleaner to enable me to suck the Gluppy Oil Out.... removed all the parts from this engine and swap over to the other block. Fiited new Head Gaskets, Spark Plugs, Cam Cover Gaskets, secondhand Coil Pack I had etc etc ....then removed both gearboxes and fitted the 58000 miler gearbox to my Good Block.
It is now ready to fit into the car after I have given the engine bay a good clean on Thursday.
A few pictures for you to see what you think.......
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1285063086024.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1285063094242.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1285065383816.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1285081634414.jpg)
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/1285081648225.jpg)
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Astounding. :( :( :( [smiley=thumbdown.gif]
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That engine actually turned over??????!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o
Never seen such a state, and I have seen dirty engines in my time, but that one wins all the prizes! :P :P :P :P :P
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Crikey.. did the owner park it too near the Exxon Valdez at some point? :o
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You wouldn't think it had only done 58000 miles would ya!! :o
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You wouldn't think it had only done 58000 miles would ya!! :o
Well, I believe it has not been serviced for 58K miles!! ::) ::)
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You wouldn't think it had only done 58000 miles would ya!! :o
Well, I believe it has not been serviced for 58K miles!! ::) ::)
My Belief too Lizzie :o
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How old is the car daz, that is truely shocking :o :o
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How old is the car daz, that is truely shocking :o :o
2003 :o
It will be right when it leaves here, just hope the guy keeps changing the oil else he will have the same problem again :-[
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Thats amazing it got to you in the 1st place!!!!!
So much for regular maintaince!!
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Thats amazing it got to you in the 1st place!!!!!
So much for regular maintaince!!
It didn't it came to me with the help of a recovery firm ;D
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Just an update for anyone who is interested..
I fitted the engine and gearbox today, plus everything else....
She burst into live at the first turn of the key :y
I held the revs at 2000rpm for about 45 minutes to burn off carb cleaner/oily handmarks etc. No leaks so really pleased. Going to drive the car myself for a couple of days to check everything is fine before going back to a Happy Owner, who I am sure will keep it serviced regular from now on :y
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That's great news D - well done. 8-) :y :y
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Good work Daz .. another Omega returned to full working order :y :y :y
Good couple of days work done there
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Nice one Daz! :y Just changed the oil in my 2.2, last done 5 months & only 3000 miles ago but still like black treacle :o That's what short runs & a cool engine do for it in my case! Should be an improvement now i'm running almost exclusively on LPG, but i'm still gonna change it no later than every 3 months from now on. :y
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good job done there daz i guess i better get my ol estate up to you asap then heaven knows when that was last done ( not in the last six months since i bought it thats for sure ) :-[ :-[ :( :y :y
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Hi All.
Just want to thank Daz for all his hard work and own up - the car is mine :-[
The problems encountered are on another posting "Oil light - is it terminal?".
Just goes to show - unless you've got absolute proof, don't believe it when the seller tells you "it's just had a full service".
I've driven about 10K in this after buying it, but it didn't make it to the service.
Happy to report that the journey home from Daz's was uneventful and very quiet. Feels like a new car - which it virtually is. :)
Note to self to check mileage and/or date and change the oil every 5,000miles/6 months as per instructions.
Well done Daz for going "above and beyond" - nothing personal, but I hope I don't see you for a while. ;) ;)
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well at least you got it sorted now john and happy motoring :y :y
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A guy I worked with bought an ex demo astra, it had a free service from VX,
3 years later we found it had never had another oil change, and that was 70.000 miles later,
he was expecting a light to come on he said ::)
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Hi All.
Just want to thank Daz for all his hard work and own up - the car is mine :-[
The problems encountered are on another posting "Oil light - is it terminal?".
Just goes to show - unless you've got absolute proof, don't believe it when the seller tells you "it's just had a full service".
I've driven about 10K in this after buying it, but it didn't make it to the service.
Happy to report that the journey home from Daz's was uneventful and very quiet. Feels like a new car - which it virtually is. :)
Note to self to check mileage and/or date and change the oil every 5,000miles/6 months as per instructions.
Well done Daz for going "above and beyond" - nothing personal, but I hope I don't see you for a while. ;) ;)
Nothing Personnal John ;)
I am just glad your pleased mate. :y
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OMG! the spark plugs looked like being marinated with oil......
I think i'm gonna need to have a regular change oil now! Thanks for sharing this one... :y
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Sticky Now daz ;D ;D ;D