bye bye engine [Archive] - Performance Nova Group

Dicko

10-02-03, 06:08 PM

had a mishap last night. coming home racing a 205 gti just as i overtake the bastid doing 80 in 3rd (5500rpm) hear bang then a few clunks engine looses power, car fills with smoke, i get the clutch in straight away. roll for 1/2 mile into a laybye. get towed home by my dad. had a good look today and theres 3 huge holes in line with cylinder 3 on the bottom end, no holes in head but im sure at least valves will be fucked.
use some plyers and got a chunk of metal out of 1 of the holes, appears to be a piece of conrod, so im guessing a big end bearing went :(
spent all day putting the 1.4sri back in, almost done just need to conect wires/shafts/fuel/exhaust now
:( :( :( :( :( :(

techie

10-02-03, 06:34 PM

Bad news for you mate, feel for you. What engine was it. Know a mate selling a 16v Astra GTE with a well quick engine in it for ?650. It drives just the body is knackered.

benji

10-02-03, 06:36 PM

gutted

ollster

10-02-03, 06:50 PM

thats not good at all, im suprised at the bottom end letting go, a big end bolt must have given way, a bearing going would not have caused that much damage, also you would have had knocking for a while before that

Cara

10-02-03, 07:01 PM

awww what a shame

Dicko

10-02-03, 07:04 PM

i did have knocking, but twas told it was cam folowers. and i dont see howe it could be bottom end knocking, i had that before. it was more like a taping noise but iv done 30k and it never got worse until pop. only did it between 2-4k rpm

was a 1.6 16v c16xe by the way

yela_nova_rob

10-02-03, 07:22 PM

the roads of stoke are safe again :D

no sorry to here it m8 :(

Chris LR

10-02-03, 07:23 PM

Scrap!

Sorry to hear that m8, I know how it feels when your left powerless.

jatinder

10-02-03, 07:30 PM

unluky mate well a least you had fun in it while it lasted wot engine are you going for now?

10-02-03, 08:30 PM

Bad luck m8. :(

Dicko

10-02-03, 10:54 PM

well the sri engine is pretty nippy and maybe beter as i start my new job next week and will save me loadsa petrol :lol:
plans are new x16xe bottom end with omega 1650 pistons ready for already planed mods :lol:

Ben (lurk75)

11-02-03, 08:58 PM

plans are new x16xe bottom end with omega 1650 pistons ready for already planed mods :lol:

oi, same as mine :roll:

Dicko

11-02-03, 09:25 PM

lol
just hoping the head isnt too screwed. long as the casting is ok i can get anything else repaired easy enough