HUGE head/block failure on the 2.1 :(

[Piggy]

a picture says a thousand words...so heres one:



it pressurises in seconds, take cap off and it bubbles like a fizzy drink constantly.



someone show me a high cliff.

[Anton]

Hmmmm not good. Did you do the HG or just drop the lump in?

[Piggy]

full rebuild, top end anyway.

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duno if trying a retorque is worthwhile?

or just ring the scrap yard to come get this heap of crap

[martyn92]

No way ! really bad news. What torque settings did you use?

[Piggy]

ones stated for the engine!

ozone rekons big airlock...im not convinced...but will need to try I suppose

[martyn92]

You have the phase1 rad have you tried bleeding it with a header tank?

[Piggy]

coke bottle...yeah

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ive never seen bubbling like that though with an air lock

[Anton]

Bleed it properly and then see what it does...

[Piggy]

bubbling like every other HG I seen go.

Head off tomorrow. At least its all been done recently. But I am very upset to say the least

[darrenjlobb]

HG,

If a cars running fine, and suddently dicked after abuse, its always a bigger issue than an airlock, you can try believeing its the stat / airlock / water pump, but 99.9% of the time, it boils down to the HG in the end.

Such a shame given the work, its likely lifted the head, torquing it again may fix it short term...but studs probs arnt up to it...

[Piggy]

yeah I though HG immediately.

But ozone, I think trying to be nice, was trying to persuade me it was just an airlock.

Ordering new HG and bolts now

oh well. life sucks

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If a cars running fine, and suddently dicked after abuse,

I hadnt even driven it yet!!!

[cwspellowe]

Without sounding patronising.. you did remove the head properly, get it skimmed etc and completely clean the block before assembling it?

Can't think of any reason why a properly rebuilt engine would do this

[Piggy]

Without sounding patronising.. you did remove the head properly, get it skimmed etc and completely clean the block before assembling it?

Can't think of any reason why a properly rebuilt engine would do this

dont abuse me...

I didnt skim it or test it. /fail.

I fail.

I'm a dumbass.

Couldnt see a reason at the time. Cant think now why i didnt though.

If I was back in Hereford I would have, only coz I could have got it done for basically a pack of beers. But Im lost round here...guna make calls tomorrow

[cwspellowe]

Meh, i can't judge. I did the exact same thing with the HG change last year, we all know what happened on the way to FCS.

TBH now, unless i'm 100% confident on history of these engines, i'd always get a head skimmed before fitting.

[Piggy]

Meh, i can't judge. I did the exact same thing with the HG change last year, we all know what happened on the way to FCS.

TBH now, unless i'm 100% confident on history of these engines, i'd always get a head skimmed before fitting.

I will too now

[strictly_perv]

Why don't you just pressure test each cylinder first? You can get a cranking tester for like £15

[Piggy]

but I could do that and the odds are very high that its HG...so I may aswell save the money for skim/test or hg/bolts

[Dave]

No problem there just drash on like a boss :p 3,000 miles on I still poo coolant everywhere but never misses a beat haha

All seriousness, you know where you went wrong here

[Tom]

That really sucks man, you just got to try and imagine how epic it will be when its done just keep picturing it and you'll get there.

[Piggy]

thanks guys.

this needs to be on the road...work=money!!