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Spike2002's Silver Six - spike2002 - 19-04-2012 Bought the car just over a year ago for £450 with a weeks' mot and no tax. The lad I brought her from had only had her a week, and couldn't get insured on her as he was only 18 How she looked when i got her So I put her in for MOT expecting the worse and she passd with flying colours :dance: Drove her around for 6 months and one day she started to spew creamy oil and water out of the radiator :evil: so changed the heat exchanger hoping for the best and cleaned all of the cooling system out exc and few days later it happened again :evil: So conclusion was the head gasket had gone. Could maybe have something to do with having the needle bouncing on the clock at 140mph (on a private road) :o For the past 6 months I have been sourcing a new engine for her and today I had this delivered 55k xsara vts engine out of a 51 plate vts Will be fitting new cam-belt,water-pump etc. and swaping all the loom over from the gti in a few weeks I can't wait to ger her back on the road again; the 1.6 was killing me until I killed it (gearbox went 3rd time lol) Also got crystal headlights coming as well. Tempted to put new clutch and lightened fly wheel on as well as an ally bottom pulley while the engine is out I'm also thinking of changing the colour of the wheels any suggestions? Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - puglove - 19-04-2012 Whats the mileage on the car? the engine was a top find :thumbup: Just be a little more gentle with this one Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 19-04-2012 Car has coverd 97,000 if I remember right Yeah I will be abit more gentle when it is up and running not to gentle though haha R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - Matt - 19-04-2012 Thats a good find! Are the engines exactly the same or is there more power from one or the other?! I have no idea. Nice one though mate. Will be watching this for a while Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 19-04-2012 Same engine mate I will have to use my loom and swap few sensors around and that tho as they are different R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - Matt - 19-04-2012 Ahhhh fair enough, gunna keep the citroen badge on the manifold? Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 19-04-2012 Nope manifold will be sold on as I dont need it Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - puglove - 19-04-2012 You are putting the 6 box on it right? And that mileage isnt bad atall Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 19-04-2012 Yes mate i will be keeping the 6 box took me ages to find a engine with lowish milage just hope its not a dud wen i fit it. should be ok tho as i got it off jdmotorsport so dowt they would sell me a dud lol Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - silverzx - 19-04-2012 R45_ODV Wrote:should be ok tho as i got it off jdmotorsport so dowt they would sell me a dud lol ... Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - puglove - 19-04-2012 Is JDmotorsport the one who goes by other names on other forums that people have had some ridiculus problems with? Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 19-04-2012 puglove Wrote:Is JDmotorsport the one who goes by other names on other forums that people have had some ridiculus problems with? erm i hope not :/ user name on .net is jdmotorsport on oc i think its jdmsport website <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.jdmotorsport.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.jdmotorsport.com</a><!-- w --> Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - samass - 20-04-2012 deffo swap stuff over while its out the car, makes life so much easier! Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 20-04-2012 samass Wrote:deffo swap stuff over while its out the car, makes life so much easier! Yes will be doing cam belt and water pump clutch etc etc all while out of the car R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - Matt - 20-04-2012 Jdm did have a bad rep at first, but I think now he has built up quite a reasonable one. Think that bad rep came from a few late deliverys and some side skirts that got lost/stolen/broken. I don't think there is anything to worry about Hope the engine swap goes well Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 20-04-2012 Yeah there delivery is hit and miss spoke to them a few times now and I must say darren seens like a top bloke so i dont think I have anything to worry about Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - Ed Doe - 20-04-2012 Can I enquire why you bought a new engine rather than doing the hg on the existing one? HG, all pulleys tensioners & new cambelt could all be done at the same time, and it'd be miles easier to get to the 'box to do the clutch too...? I'm not knocking you for buying another engine, if it was a barghain why not, but if you did the hg etc on the existing engine you'd at least be able to inspect the bores etc, and you'd know a lot more about any potential problems with the engine. Unlike this new engine, which although low mileage, could have any number of problems which don't neccessarily affect the running but may become more apparent... All I'm saying is you can never be sure with a 2nd hand engine, but if they money was similar to doing the hg, I reckons it may have been worth looking into the hg... Also you can get the pistons machined for greater valve lift and then fit some naughty cams hehehe Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 20-04-2012 The plan is to get the gti back on the road asap. The new engine was a bargain thats why i had it The old engine i am keeping as a project as it will be fully rebuilt over time and eventualy droped back in to the gti Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - aggyj17 - 20-04-2012 I bought an s16 engine off of krisb on .net and the headgasket went within a month. From my experience do the headgasket before you put it in. Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - Ruan - 20-04-2012 For the sake of £70... Do the head gasket, it's a complete twunt when it's in the car... Re: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 07-06-2012 Now the old 1.6 has gone to pug heaven i have space to work on the gti should be some progress soon RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 16-06-2012 Well not much progress yet got the 6 back today she is looking very sorry for herself added green bits all over her few pics She needs a good clean will be on to that later then will be engine out im not sure on the wheels tho as i only brought them for the tyres to move her as the cyclone tyres had had it RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - TheGateKeeper - 16-06-2012 Looks good RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 16-06-2012 (16-06-2012, 11:29 AM)TheGateKeeper Wrote: Looks good thanks mate she needs a good clean got loads to do inc Fit the 55k xsara vts engine Rebuild the rear beam Fit all the parts i have need to finish spraying a few things Phase 3 spoiler Phase 3 rub strips Purple masks Crystal fogs Purple and gloss black mirrors Purple and gloss black bonnet badge Purple fuel cap covers Silver centre console Strut brace Powerflex bushes 7" flip out screen dvd player RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - TheGateKeeper - 16-06-2012 Awesome plans Look forward to the end result RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 16-06-2012 I will hopefully have her back on the road for the RR meet RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 17-06-2012 Fitted a few purple bits today Still needs a good clean after bein sat for so long RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - procta - 17-06-2012 hurry up and get her running again! i hated seeing my car with a f*cked engine. RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 17-06-2012 There will be progress over the nxt few weeks as i have no work at tho mo so means i have plenty of free time to work on the 6 RE: R45_ODV's gti6 resurrection - spike2002 - 19-06-2012 little bit of progress today Found out why my air con dont work aswell Also this mayb why the sun roof rattles so much. Looks like someone has fitted a solid bottem mount |