Jonny's GT20s HDi Estate

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So we stripped out the cam to have a look.


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All of what we fished out.


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Needless to say, we failed to get her running, so decided to leave her in lyon, and return with 3 cars to England.

Then Vaughan and I went on an epic roadtrip to recover the beast, hired a van and made the whole round trip in just under 19 hours.


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After getting the AA (under protest, they don't like you attempting to fix it) to bring me home, I sourced a replacement engine from the scrap yard.


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That had a bit of coal around the injectors.


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So Carl and I, along with Chris, Linzi and Phoenix, got the old lump out and the new one dropped in with my GT20, clutch, and FMIC all fitted as well.


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I removed the PAS and Aircon while doing the swap, to reduce the aux belt length as much as possible I also relocated the battery to the boot to free up some engine bay space.

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I fitted a "Group M" bottom engine mount too


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Being so skint, I had to collect all the left over oil to stick in..


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So got her up and running, and apart from a few small issues such as the battery not charging and me having to put it back in the engine bay, and dumping all the coolant out (forgot the bloody hose clip didn't I. /facepalm) she runs sweet.


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Changed the fuel filter, that was a *tiny* bit dirty don't think it had ever been changed!


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Since then I've been on a money saving mission. Even so, I fitted a 3" exhaust and a new cone filter


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And just this evening I decided the interior needed some slight adjustment


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Which brings me roughly up to date!

I need to get a remap sorted now though, more fuel at the top!