HELP! Engine builder required - recommend please

[Onliest Smeg David]

I have a damaged piston which requires replacing (hopefully that's all 🤞) with full internal engine check over.

ASAP as need Westfield for EuroTour end of August.

Anyone have recommendations in NW, as close to Bury as possible

[Rory's Dad]

Ouch - that's not good. How did it happen?? @AdamR will know someone to fix it I'm sure. 

[Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO]

21 minutes ago, Dave (OnliestSmeg) - Manchester AO said:

 

ASAP as need Westfield for EuroTour end of August.

Surely you mean this Sunday? 

[Onliest Smeg David]

16 minutes ago, Rory's Dad said:

Ouch - that's not good. How did it happen?? @AdamR will know someone to fix it I'm sure. 

Poorly Injector leading to lean burn and high temp, I believe may be most likely.

[Onliest Smeg David]

8 minutes ago, Robin (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO said:

Surely you mean this Sunday? 

I wish!!!

Gonna have to try and steal Wendz MX5, or it'll be the BM.

[maurici]

53 minutes ago, Dave (OnliestSmeg) - Manchester AO said:

Poorly Injector leading to lean burn and high temp, I believe may be most likely.

Didn't I write an EXTENSIVE post about the risks of that... 

Precisely you should not be the one to suffer this Dave.

 

Now... Damage is done. Buy a mondeo-focus-transit 1.8 Zetec. Put your ancillaries including cams, bolt all together and off you go (remember to have the injectors checked). That is a weeks time work.

 

When you are back, check what has happened in your engine, refresh, rebuild, and spare.

 

 

Edited August 7, 2019 by Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO
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[TAFKARM]

^ Agreed - an engine builder won’t be able to turn it round in time!

[Kingster]

16 minutes ago, maurici said:

Buy a mondeo-focus-transit 1.8 Zetec. Put your ancillaries including cams, bolt all together and off you go (remember to have the injectors checked). That is a weeks time work.

But doesn’t the engine have a flowed head and other mods to up the power? If so the map will be out. 

[maurici]

Well after speaking with Dave... he has a few checks to do way before actually stripping the engine.

 

The engine is running... roughly but runnin. And does not burn any oil... I see unlikely this happening with a damaged piston.

 

Its been diagnosed with an endoscope... and what the guy saw trough it could be just dirt deposits from a rich combustion... or, who knows if marks from a dodgy valve... rather than the actual piston being the problem.

 

First step, is to check compression in all 4 cilinders and see if any difference. If compression is good and there is not oil burnt, i would be very reluctant on stripping the engine, and I would start with the ancillaries (basically injection and or spark). This is way faster to check (and needs checking regardless) than just stripping an engine for the sake of it.

 

Chris. Not sure what the head has in his case... normally for a mildly tuned zetec ports are already too big from factory, and i would be surprised if has any important work on it other than 3d valves cut, and despite being important... maybe not too much for the mapping.

[Onliest Smeg David]

BLiNK ported head and 'fast road' profiles cams. 

[maurici]

1 minute ago, Dave (OnliestSmeg) - Manchester AO said:

BLiNK ported head

Probably unnecessary, but if the map is made for the ported head, then it could be a problem replacing it for a whole unit.

 

Start diagnosing the compression, and in paralel have your injectors checked and move from there.

 

Happy to have a chat with you after the compression test.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

BLiNK can sort the injector cleaning and testing, too.