thunder blew up his 2.0n/a foz

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:47 pm

That's not too bad for a change over

this is seaming pretty painless like you wanted

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:29 pm

AshR wrote:That's not too bad for a change over this is seaming pretty painless like you wanted

yeah at this rate which is good. do have to pay for labour as i dont have the tools were i live for uni but still shouldn't cost too much

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:37 pm

wouldn't ya love to know what happens to the old broken engine they always want

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:07 pm

Did you establish what happened to your motor?

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:01 am

Gannon wrote:Did you establish what happened to your motor?

without pulling it apart (cant back at uni and car is 4 hours away) the two rear cylinders dont work, possibly piston hitting valves or something simular

Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:44 am

thunder039 wrote:without pulling it apart (cant back at uni and car is 4 hours away) the two rear cylinders dont work, possibly piston hitting valves or something simular

this is highly unlikely, I would say the valves are bent and hitting each other.

If a valve is hitting a piston or has hit a piston, then there would be a 99% chance of catastrophic failure of the engine.

good to see you got another engine and that it will be back on the road quickly.

TOONGA

taza · Post by **taza** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:46 pm

Great to hear that you got another engine mate. The swap is piss easy. I got mine done on Monday and was surprised how easy it was. I have to say though that my new 2.0l isn't gutless, unlike the old donk. God my L-Series used to leave it for dead in most situations, now it's the other way around

All you really need for the swap is sockets, spanners, screw driver and an engine hoist.. Good luck with it, when do you think the swap will happen?

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:04 pm

TOONGA wrote:this is highly unlikely, I would say the valves are bent and hitting each other.

If a valve is hitting a piston or has hit a piston, then there would be a 99% chance of catastrophic failure of the engine.

good to see you got another engine and that it will be back on the road quickly.

TOONGA

thanks. that sounds more likely with the valves hitting, either way was easier to replace the engine.

taza wrote:Great to hear that you got another engine mate. The swap is piss easy. I got mine done on Monday and was surprised how easy it was. I have to say though that my new 2.0l isn't gutless, unlike the old donk. God my L-Series used to leave it for dead in most situations, now it's the other way around

All you really need for the swap is sockets, spanners, screw driver and an engine hoist.. Good luck with it, when do you think the swap will happen?

thanks mate, im not doing the swap myself, back at uni now and dont have the tools here with me to attempt it. my old 2.0l was low on power about a week before it happened, but i didnt take any notice of it as i just thought it was due to needing a service.

hoping end of this week coming or the week after i will be getting it back. go back home on the 11th so hopefully by then

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:11 pm

spoke to the mechanic today the engine is in and running BUT.......

it has a miss fire.... unsure why at this stage as it was only done today, i just hope it is something simple

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:26 am

ITS BACK!:twisted:

got the best call of my life last night saying its running like a kitten

turns out it was the throttle position switch as one the wires had been damaged when the wreckers cut the engine out

pick it up in 10 minutes so can cant wait! the rear shock still needs to be replaced but that can wait for a while

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:55 am

Good stuff mate!

I hope it keeps running the way it should be! It took long enough to get it sorted...

Cheers

Bennie

taza · Post by **taza** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:10 pm

Yeah Boi! Sweet mate, I'm really glad you got your foz back

Now lets hope it doesn't shit itself after 10,000km like my new one did...