I decided to bite the bullet, stop worrying, and sort my engine out. This thread should be a good one, pictures, progress and panic I should imagine. Before the month is out, the car will drive out of my friends garage purring.

 

Problem one, rough running. Solution PLENUM OFF! I did this in 10 short hours :biggrin: yesterday.

 

 

I am going to check all 6 cylinders have good injectors and good spark. Plus air leaks. And sort another bloody oil leak at the back.

 

So, the oil leak appears to be pcv related, dripping onto the turbo. More on that later.

 

The injectors and wiring are dreadful!

 

 

So with that and things like temperature sensors I may have to get new injectors and a new loom??? Or just a partial loom advice on re looming please, or just getting new ends or whatever.

 

My IACV thing is in a state.

 

I am going to auto sol the shit out of my plenum.

 

Finish the interior conversion.

 

Do my white LEDs.

 

You drove me to this you little red nightmare. It would have been more economical and less stressful to take up some other hobby, like crystal meth perhaps :lol:

 

Hope there is plenty for us all to learn in this thread :) comments and advice appreciated :thumbup1:

No it is not Steve :biggrin: doing the job above is very nearly an engine swap anyway, I learned a lot doing it and have a lot of new bits that would clip onto a new block, injectors, intercoolers... ... its quite a list.

Truth is with these cars until you've pulled the motor you don't know what you will find. Half the previous owners tool box an an oil leak or three isn't uncommon lol. As you say you've pretty much done it before, everyone is intimidated by the vg but once its sat tgere without its shroud of tubes its pretty neat and small. Removing it at that point is like any other engine. I'm talking myself into it as thus winter will be my second engine pull in my car and I may have another zed engine to remove and refit this winter, fortunately the other one won't be alone.