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WITW - Mark's poorly Dolphin
Next up in the workshop is Mark's Dolphin Grey S8:
Its nice to have a Dolphin Grey in the workshop again while mine is still in winter storage. It feels 'comfortable' for some reason. Why poorly though? This is the contents of the sump There is no oil in the coolant, so its not the oil cooler. Logically therefore its either a headgasket or a crack somewhere. Obvious we're hoping its just a gasket, but I'll be doing some pressure testing to find out once the engine is stripped down. I'll start on removing the engine and gearbox tomorrow. |
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Ooooh another Dolphin. She looks lovely
I’m trying to work out the user is on here? Looking forward to this one as usual
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2002 S8 - Irish Green Pearl. Cat N (saved by the D2 Doctor ) 1988 E30 Coupe - Royalblau Metallic 2003 S4 Avant - Light Silver Mettalic 2016 S5 Coupe Black Edition - Ibis White |
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Markiii - I'm sure he'll check in soon.
This one is another variant on the dolphin theme as it has blues interior with vavona, and light uppers, so we have at least three different combinations now. Well, four if you count my custom interior, but it was originally black and maple. |
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That's not pretty.
I recall Mark's thread a little while back where the opinion was probably "just" a failed oil cooler, but it sounds like it may be rather nastier..... Best wishes for a speedy recovery as the saying goes!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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yep tis mine, I'm crossing my fingers is nothing terminal
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I really wasn't sure on the blue interior as I ha da 911 with blue leather and swore never again. But in the flesh I rather like it
And that particular wood trim really lifts it |
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Engine out today. It didn't start well as the main bumper bolts refused to come out so I had to take it off with the supports. I'm getting quite good at this now though since the last four I've done have been like this! I am running out of new bumper bolts though
The power steering fluid is past it's best so I'll change that. After the bumper, everything else came off just fine - no other seized bolts and it all went really well Front panel off: Oh, well apart from this At some point in the past there has been an issue with two of the connectors in the electronics box and someone has made a really nice job of splicing the body harness to the engine harness. Unfortunately, the engine harness must come out with the engine - its nigh impossible to get it off with the engine in and completely impossible to refit it like that, so I had to cut these apart I'll fix this later with some original connectors. Everything on top disconnected, so on to the underside Strap the suspension up so it doesn't destroy the upper arms when the lower arms are removed from the subframe The spring on this exhaust bracket is awol for some reason. I have spares though. I could tell the gearbox had been out in the past as this heat shield is loose. For some reason, every single 8 I work on which has had the gearbox out has this particular stud broken off. I've never taken the gearbox out with the engine in place so I haven't discovered why this is so. This is interesting on the gearbox. New OE replacement perhaps rather than a rebuild? All the coolant hoses are distended so will need to be replaced. This one is especially bad A pile of tools, as is tradition Which allowed me to assemble this pile of bits Engine out. 6 hours in total which is pretty good. Apart from the bumper and the wiring harness, everything behaved itself which is a pleasant departure from recent projects! Before I removed the engine I opened the sump plug again, and was rewarded with 3/4 of a litre of clean coolant, then a cupful of the brown slime, so the coolant is leaking in while it is just sitting there. That means whatever is causing it should be relatively straightforward to find. I'll split the engine and box tomorrow and then strip the engine. |
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blimey never seen a coolant line like that before, what causes that?
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Just age I think. Its getting to be an increasingly common problem.
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Is it possible to change that particular line whilst the engine is still in the car?
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