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Mmm I was thinking about that too. I think a couple of hot air blowers on the block to warm it up from the current balmy 2° and fill it from the kettle
I might stick a vid of the shenanigans on youtube, so if I die in the process at least it's recorded for posterity |
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#vulturemode
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Well damn! In before the body even hits the floor
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If it’s that risky, could you do it after Easter please?
For the other members, that’s when my S8 is going to see The Doctor!
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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Started stripping the engine in preparation for cleaning - outside and inside!
Locking tools in place in prep to remove the timing gear The oily crud is a centimeter thick in places Three paint marks still does not excuse bodging the timing belt job! Timing gear off Manifold next as there are two coolant pipes and a ton of oily crud under it. Before removal all this oily crud has to be removed otherwise it will fall in the inlet ports. This is looking down under the fuel rail, in between the head and manifold. MJ's patented 'sucking crud out of small spaces tool' Loosen the dirt with a pokey stick first, then suck out as much as possible with this tool Then, spray with brake cleaner to get rid of all the oil, scrape and vacuum again, and then blast it with compressed air to leave this: Now the manifold can be lifted off. Ew. More oily sand under the inlet gasket. This is removed very carefully with the vacuum and a cocktail stick to loosen it, then cotton buds soaked in more brake cleaner Much better No oily sand in the ports. If you drop grit down here taking the manifold off on a port with the valves open then it will drop in to the cylinder and score the bores as soon as the engine is turned over. Loss of compression follows and the engine only has a limited lifespan left. The only way to get the dirt out is to remove the head and hope the piston isn't at the bottom of the bore. That's why its essential to clean all the grit out before removing the manifold! Its also why I will never buy one of these engines if the manifold has been taken off by someone else since the engine is effectively scrap at that point. You can clearly see the injector spray pattern here where it washes the carbon off the inlet ports. This is what the FSI engines are missing (since the injector goes directly in to the cylinder) so the black stuff just builds up and chokes the engine. On port-injection engines like this the carbon deposits are normally a film no thicker than paint on the port walls. Inlet ports taped up to stop any fod getting in there until the manifold goes back on. Out of focus, but the thermostat is not as bad as I was expecting Its quite a light emulsion which hopefully will be fairly straightforward to clean Yuk! Water pump out - again, not that bad Ready for cleaning tomorrow I'll clean out what I can by hand first then probably make up some plugs and adapters for the various holes so I don't have to fit any of the external pipework back on. I found some Forte cooling system degreaser which is specifically designed for this job. Someone gave it to me (Dean or Bert maybe?) and its just been sitting on the shelf. Kinda handy! Once I've cleaned what I can from outside, I'll plug up the holes and fill it with the Forte and hot water and then spin the pump to move it all around. |
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Respect
Did something similar a year or so back but on an air cooled VW engine - not quite the same
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Have you thought about Mastermind MJ? Specialist subject is clear, how’s your general knowledge?
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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I'm intrigued; what engine is it exactly, how many miles has it done, where did it come from (and why) and what is it destined for?
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Its an AQJ from a C5 S6 which is what I have in the Dolphin Grey. Mechanically identical to the S8 engine but with different software. Not sure of the mileage tbh - I didn't care when I bought it because I thought it was scrap. I'll have to power up the cluster to check.
The car was scrapped because of an alleged head gasket failure. The OP's garage changed the oil cooler because it was mixing oil with the coolant. It managed 7 miles with the new cooler and mixed more oil in the coolant so they said head gasket and it was scrapped. I picked up the engine for £200 simply because I wanted the wiring and plumbing (to put Vera's old engine in my A4 track car), but it came complete with everything - ancillaries, coil packs, manifolds, etc. The only downside was that I had to take it out of the car on the guy's driveway in December! Meh. It was in the back of the A6 in under 2 hours Having got it home and had a good look at it, I am reasonably convinced it's actually ok and the garage who changed the cooler simply didn't flush the cooling system fully, because the majority of the contents of the cooling system was plain water, running around inside the coating of emulsion. I've never seen or heard of one of these popping the head gasket, and there is no evidence of fresh oil in the water that has come out of it. So, I figure its worth cleaning up and refreshing and I'll chuck it in something to see what it does. If it actually works then its a major bargain. If it doesn't then I'll pull it out and change the head gaskets. Worst case, I've got two good heads, a good inlet manifold and all the ancillaries for £200 which is win-win. As to what it's going in... wait and see |
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There you go then.
All the appetizer and lands up with a Major MJ tease
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