Paul's Black mk1 Vrs

[iiPaul]

Great thread, Paul

I've taken mine off the road for some maintenance but nothing like this! Your Skillz I don't have :(

Thanks I'm just taking my time

Haha I've had a lot of help to get to the stage I'm at now but it will be a good accomplishment when done

[Titanium_Man]

Ah fair shout, but still a great effort

[iiPaul]

I'll be happy when it's done and off the drive :P

[iiPaul]

So I finally got my head back from having new valves and a decoke, I was very pleased with the results but no progress could be made due to having to wait for new camshaft bolts which finally turned up today! So I got cracking and here's the results

I soon got round to fitting the tappets and the camshaft and injeftors finally made its way into place.

I then got the head and block cleaned up ready to be put together!

After everything was prepped and clean I managed to get the headgasket down and bolted down the head and it finally start to look like I was getting somewhere

When it was all torqued up I swiftly moved on to fitting my new cambelt, I kept the same tensioner and water pump as it was only changed 15k ago by skoda, but after a fiddle getting the belt on along with the timing ect it was finally on and tensioned up I also fitted new glow plugs as I don't know when they were last changed.

That was all I managed today as the postman didn't turn up till around 2 with the bolts :( and there was some rain that stopped me for a while but I'm hoping tomorrow I should have it all back together, I hope anyway

[iiPaul]

So today I had a early start and picked up right where I left off last night. This started by putting the engine mount in place with new bolts and the right torque settings

I swiftly moved onto getting the turbo on as it can be abit of a struggle sometimes getting it down the back.

Then finished the mount off and put the dog bone on too.

Then started putting everything in place like a new fuel filter, and water bottle and connected the pipes, whilst I was doing this the oil was draining out ready for a new oil filtwr and oil

I bought a magnetic sump plug a few months back and I'm pretty glad I did tbh as it deffinitley was worth it after seeing it today

Once it was drained I put the plug in tipped oil all over the cam shaft ect and put my rocker cover on with a new gasket and a smear of grease on and topped the oil up. And fed my intake pipe in which I wrapped in heat wrap

I had taken some of the boost pipes off and given most of them including the cooler a good clean, so I put them back on aswell as the aux belt.

Now I focus on my air box, I previously run a s2k filter but I realised it was pretty stupid as the heat from the engine just gets sucked right back through the filter and is feed the turbo. So I got my standard air box and bought a cone in the box filter from a member and rigged up a air feed

It in place, quite please, a little chavvy but does the job.

So now everything thing was in place the oil was right and the water was good it was nearly ready for start up!! Really hoped the timing was set I was kind of confident it was close lol but before starting I primed the engine and turbo by leaving the injector plug out and cranking it over, by leaving the oil return off I knew that when the oil was coming out everything was good and I'd be ready for start up.

The time come when the engine was primed and the cars first start was ready I was abit nervous but it had to be done.... It fired straight up and was good!! I plugged it into vcds and checked the timing it was out by nearly 3, so I quickly adjusted that zero left it running for half hour with the fans on full wack and took it for a spin (not booting it as its running in time :( ) but it felt good to be back in my car after being without it for 10 days!!

[hutchysrs50]

Looking good mate

Glad it's all back together.

[Dark_Hero]

Excellent work

[Andy@CG-Motorsport]

looking good matey, hows the clutch going for you?

[iiPaul]

looking good matey, hows the clutch going for you?

Holding up really well, not that I abuse it much but it's good thanks

[GeeVRSman]

Spot on mate.... i know where to come when i blow mine to bits now lol

 

 

execllent thread.

[iiPaul]

So I haven't been updating lately but since the rebuild I've had some undergoing problems, with a rough start, a flat spot and a oil leak.. I'm pretty sure after a while of searching the oil leaks coming from the head gasket, so possibility the heads warped :(

So I'm currently back at this stage... Again!

Luckily the weathers stayed dry today and I've managed to get the head off and it all stripped down and found some evidence of what I suspect as oil starvation Althought everything was pre oiled and primed during the build and before start up!

Now the head is off it will be getting skimmed and this will hopefully stop the leak but I now have to find out why it's been starved of oil, the joys of motoring

On the upside I have picked up a new gearbox with a quaife lsd so that is ready to be fitted soon enough

I haven't uploaded pics in here but I had a thread in the Fabia section where I posted pics ect, but it turned out that my head was bowed 0.0025 which was causing the oil leak :( so I had it skimmed 0.0030. Also my friend who done the skim found the valves wernt done properly and nearly all of them were leaking! Also one had a big chunk out of it! So he sorted it out for me luckily!

Before

After

The chunk ( the triangle in the Middle)

Looking nice and shiny after the skim

New camshaft and bearings in

[connor-smith]

Nice car man! I've just brought a silver vrs. your not far from me by the sounds of things. I'm in ashford  

[iiPaul]

Nice car man! I've just brought a silver vrs. your not far from me by the sounds of things. I'm in ashford

Thanks ah yeah ashford isn't far from me at all! Sometimes down there for work but in the work van but I'll look out for you

[faboka vrs]

Hope you get it sorted.

[iiPaul]

Hope you get it sorted.

Thanks John, So do I! I miss the power :( although the lsd will be good and something to look forward too I suppose.

[alex_e3]

Bloody hell, where did you manage to 'pick up' a box with a Quaife fitted?!

 

I wish I had the spare cash for a diff - it's the biggest frustration with driving it.

 

Good luck with the rebuild also! Be worth it in the end

[iiPaul]

Bloody hell, where did you manage to 'pick up' a box with a Quaife fitted?!

I wish I had the spare cash for a diff - it's the biggest frustration with driving it.

Good luck with the rebuild also! Be worth it in the end

A local lad smashed his Fabia up so I snapped it up quick lol

Thanks it's bugging me now I just want it back to how it used to be, how's life with the 2260? Are you on uprated injectors?

[alex_e3]

Jammy sod!  Almost as jammy as Kev on here, who bought his with a Peloquin already fitted!

 

It'll get there mate. Just don't lose the love. It's all too easy to throw in the towel in times like this...

 

The 2260 is awesome cheers mate! It's the best thing I've ever done to the car. It drives completely different to how my old PD150 hybrid used to. I'm still on standard injectors for now, but John has upped the boost to 2.45bar in the mid-range at the minute, and somehow it's still fuelling it! Not sure on figures at the minute, but it's substantially faster than when I was running 219bhp proven. Mapping is still ongoing. Smoke levels are tiny also!

 

In fact... I'm going to organise a RR day for early next year. So hopefully mapping will be nearer completion by then so I can see what it's pushing out just to satisfy my curiosity!

[iiPaul]

Jammy sod! Almost as jammy as Kev on here, who bought his with a Peloquin already fitted!

It'll get there mate. Just don't lose the love. It's all too easy to throw in the towel in times like this...

The 2260 is awesome cheers mate! It's the best thing I've ever done to the car. It drives completely different to how my old PD150 hybrid used to. I'm still on standard injectors at the minute, but John has upped the boost to 2.45bar in the mid-range at the minute, and somehow it's still fuelling it! Not sure on figures at the minute, but it's substantially faster than when I was running 219bhp proven. Mapping is still ongoing. Smoke levels are tiny also!

In fact... I'm going to organise a RR day for early next year. So hopefully mapping will be nearer completion by then so I can see what it's pushing out just to satisfy my curiosity!

Aha very! I've heard kevs is a bit of a animal especially with that lsd lol

Ah I know what you mean the gtb turbos are much better than the pd turbos, I noticed going from my hybrid 150 to a 1756 courtesy of johns mapping the difference is night and day

Some very good injectors you have there! Also good to see the standard clutch holding out! You defo have a keeper of a car!

[iiPaul]

So after all the troubles I had with my car last year I finally managed to get her sorted in the end! It took me long enough but I'm so glad it's back to itself! I can finally enjoy driving it again!

I bought another set of bearings and put the new camshaft back in and it's fixed. Took it out and the difference was so much better, instantly smiling next on the list is to get that gearbox fitted and experince the lsd

Also although she was playing up and admitidly I was starting to loose love and patience with it, it still managed to pass a mot with no advisories

[gfwc]

Great work Paul, I admire your perseverance!

Well done. Then all the fun begins again fitting the LSD.

To be honest, I wish I had bought one to fit to my 6 speed before I put it in mine!

[alex_e3]

I'm slightly... no no no... EXTREMELY... jealous of you finding a LSD!!!

[iiPaul]

Thanks it's been a long time but will be certainly worth it.

I got really really lucky lol

Shame the lsd is such a expensive mod.

[gfwc]

Thanks it's been a long time but will be certainly worth it.

I got really really lucky lol

Shame the lsd is such a expensive mod.

It's not that expensive, no more than a decent bigger turbo conversion.

Most of the cost is in fitting, but if you're doing it yourself then you're all good

Sounds like you got s good deal on the box with it already on!

[iiPaul]

It's not that expensive, no more than a decent bigger turbo conversion.

Most of the cost is in fitting, but if you're doing it yourself then you're all good

Sounds like you got s good deal on the box with it already on!

Hmm suppose, but at £1500 including fitting, and you can pick up a gtb1756 for £600 from xman

I don't think I'd try the fitting of a lsd, it's abit beyond me