Ah found the culprit for the surging 

 

dont overtighten jubile clips kids

 

Everything disconnected, engine out tomorrow..

 

You need to slow down.. Making me look bad

22 hours ago, AJ7788 said:

You need to slow down.. Making me look bad

 

Its nearly done 

Engine out and stripped down, everything looked like new except number 2 main bearing had a massive groove in it. It looks fairly fresh so were presuming it was because we had engine upsidedown and something had dropped in. Just goes to show how important the oil pickup mesh is, which had been stabbed so there were holes 

 

just need a few bits from TPS and a full degrease before rebuild.

 

Pic of the damaged bearing and crank wheel tab.

 

Garage is an absolute **** tip and oil everywhere.

picture of oil pickup which 'was replaced' by a garage before i bought the Ibiza. Would like to know which garage did this.

i was getting a really high pitch squeel on part throttle in corners, was exhaust gasket which one layer had split.

 

That oil strainer is somthing els! Wild ideas people get

 

13 hours ago, hutchysrs50 said:

That oil strainer is somthing els! Wild ideas people get

 

 

Well it would never block up 

Less restriction = more power right 

34 minutes ago, RobLarby said:

Less restriction = more power right 

 

Yeah, doesnt apply to oil though 

Left the block to soak in Gunk overnight.

Then ill pressure wash it and see how it looks. Its not actually that bad so may not bother painting it.

 

Be ready for shakedown @ Blyton on the 15th?

Doubt it as need to do a few other bits. Also im at work..

Was unsure about taking my block into work to clean it up, its just a ballache to get it there etc.

So thought I'd try my pistons, I put them in the parts washer and tbh it didn't do a very good job.

I then thought id sit them in a degreaser for 5 mins.. wow theyre like new  I just hope there isn't a coating and its destroyed it

 

New main bearings arrived, which I forgot to order last week.

Strange but there not exactly the same as standard. Standards have a hole above the oil way and groove on the block side, then they are smooth on the cap side.

The King Racing ones have 4 smooth and 6 with hole/groove..

 

That's odd, the king ones I had were identical to OE

Asked on a 20vt facebook tuning page who all have come back saying no.4 bearing originally was grooved all the way round.

So either put it in no.4 or a lot of people have put it in no.3 as it's in the middle, which seems logical to me. All 'race' bearings are designed on the original 20vt engine apparently.

Looking at this link; https://www.performancebyie.com/mahle-motorsport-vandervell-race-main-bearing-set-for-vw-audi-4-cylinder# it says "This set includes 10 half shells, 5 with oiling grooves . The oiling groove is to be installed on the top side of the journal to provide oil to the full journal." which makes more sense to me.

 

What did you take out?

I took out as the picture above, 5 grooved and 5 smooth.

 

Is this coming to Germany with us again? or are you chickening out and bringing a "comfy" car ?

 

6 hours ago, sharkrider said:

Is this coming to Germany with us again? or are you chickening out and bringing a "comfy" car ?

 

Not sure at the min, may have a new car lined up. Just need to see how much the A4 is worth if anything 

M235i?

 

Get on that RWD lyf 

On ‎02‎/‎07‎/‎2017 at 10:48, andsoutham said:

M235i?

 

Get on that RWD lyf 

Last time I owned a fast BMW it ended up backwards up a kurb..

Finally got the last parts i need to start building the engine up. Probably a few bits i'll need along the way but i have everything i can think of.

All genuine VAG parts, think about £2k worth of parts just for the engine..