Just to recap, I took my Z to SE a month ago. It was running really crap, chucking out loads of oil, very low compression etc. After a week I got a call telling me that the engine had to come out and be rebuilt. I told them to go ahead with it.

 

I had a call this weekend giving me an update:

 

1. The engine had been rebuilt recently but not put together right hence the problems.

2. The heads needed skimming and valve seats re-cut.

3. Broken piston rings found and some damage to cylinders.

4. A few new valves would be needed.

5. Turbos stripped and found to be ok.

 

Ok I said but when will it be ready “well that’s the problem” they said “our engine man has just left the company and a new man will be starting in mid- January, it should be put back together by the end of January”

 

Who rebuilt it before ?

 

I know it's a bummer that it won't be ready for a while, but it's good that they're waiting for the right guy to put it back together - rather than let the tea boy have a go ....

AndyP

The car developed the faults just after I bought it, nothing in the service history to indicate any previous engine rebuild but SE say that it was very ckean inside.

 

I agree that It's worth waiting for the right person to re-build the engine but I was hoping to get someone with a lot of experiance working on Z's but now it's anybodys guess what the new guy has done befor.

Dont worry Steve,when its ready it will be 100%,ask Timmy what his was like when he picked his up .Worth the waite MAKE NO MISTAKE!

 

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Excuse me for interrupting on this site, but my better half has just had his engine re-built by SE, and waited a while due to his own request, but it was well worth it, did a superb job. Go with the flow and the wait, it will pay in the end.

SE did a top job on my car, managed to sort what other Muppets couldn't!!!

You don't want to drive your Z in January anyway in all that salt and spray. I concur with the views expressed above. You never know Pete R may end up doing it himself.