well checked and all my timing is correct so now i am about to start removing the plenum to look for busted valves!!!:(:(:(

 

anybody know if this as daunting as it looks??

 

anybody who wants to help can come round and is very welcome lol;)

 

i hate this bloody car its doing my head in!!!

the plenum is quite hard to take off as theyre are endless amount of pipes to disconnnect. will take most of a day to take it off if this is your first time. just get stuck in and undo and disconnect everything that is attached to the plenum and eventually it will come off. putting it back on will be the hard bit lol

Upper Plenum off, Lower plenum off, Heads off - very big Job! Most garages would remove engine first.

 

This was after a snapped belt ?

 

What have you done so far ? What leads you to believe there is valve damage ?

 

First you want to turn the engine over manually with the crank. Check for resistance(there will be normal resitance at tdc). if thats ok, then do compression test. If thats ok then start her up. If not ok then it indicates valve and other possible damage and its time to rebuild engine.

Edited April 18, 200916 yr by Yowser

got most of it off now i think!!!!

cant really see what im doing with most of it and pipes underneath are a prob!!

 

its been turned by hand and also tried starting it. just popped then nothing i have even re-timed it so thats why i am outside swearing at it now!!!!!!!:rant::rant:

 

still have no idea what im doing though lol :rofl:

cheers m8

i will just plod on and get there in the end.

at least it is giving me some experience of the engine as i have never worked on one of these before.

 

hell of a long way from you m8!!! about 300miles or more!!

 

but thanx for all the advice though it all helps

i quit for today

 

has fried my noodle enough for 1 day!!!

 

will have another go tomorrow(but not when grand prix on) :rofl:

You could do a plenumm water bypass while you're there. It will make putting the plenum back much easier :D

how do i do that then?

how do i do that then?

 

Here is a link, don't know if its the best one or not, it is on my list of things to do.

 

http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg.aspx?forum=technical&msg_id=880107&forum=technical&dtSearch=4