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hi guys after the headgasket on the golf went, i decided to do the headgasket easy job, but due to my back injury getting worse again i got my m8 to put it back together (BIG mistake but more on that later) i came round to look at the car couple of days later and all back together but would not start so checked the timing etc all good but still would not start of i went and spoke to BIG DAVE he popped out to have a look (cheers m8) and gave me some pointer etc, but after another day of trying to get things running no luck, so i got in a pissy and decided to take the engine apart just to check my m8's work and what do i find........







6 bent valves
some really bad looking pistons

(but the worst part some small stones)
obviously my doesy m8 didnt check every thing when he put it back together

so i looks like the stones have caused the top of the pistons to eat themselves and bend the values, as the bottom of the head looks as bad as the pistons. So im stuck driving a fookin vectra



But on a good side the engine is now out and weighed in and all under the bonnet is now very clean and all back to red, just gotta get hold of another kr engine, and then paint the whole thing back to tornado red should look alot better then.

with luck will be able to get rid of those 18" alloys i have on the golf and then get a set of deep 16"s and drop the coilovers right down....


this is what it will look like when i am finished


think you will agree looks alot better

Hey hey thats my old red car !!!!

Gutting about the old engine tho mate.

SimonABT wrote:

Hey hey thats my old red car !!!!

Gutting about the old engine tho mate.

i love that pic looked like a really nice car, thats what i want mine to be like,

yeah really gutted about the engine but oh well going to look at another one tonight and at least one thing i can clean and paint it all up so will look good.
and plus i will do the work myself at least i know what i am doing #

would love to put the vr6 engine in it now but just dont have the funds to do it.

If you cant get hold of a Mk2 engine easily, then try looking into a Mk3 Golf 2.0 16v or even a 2.0 8v. My cousin has a Mk2 with 2.0 8v bottom end and 1.8 8v mk2 head.
It goes really well, and these mk3 2.0 engines are easier to come by than mk2 ones

SimonABT wrote:

If you cant get hold of a Mk2 engine easily, then try looking into a Mk3 Golf 2.0 16v or even a 2.0 8v. My cousin has a Mk2 with 2.0 8v bottom end and 1.8 8v mk2 head.
It goes really well, and these mk3 2.0 engines are easier to come by than mk2 ones

what would i need to change if i put in a mk3 engine at present mine was a 1.8 16v kr engine,

am i right in thinking stones ended up inside your engine?
how the f^ck can that happen?

baja 69 wrote:

am i right in thinking stones ended up inside your engine?
how the f^ck can that happen?

yep your right bud, my so called m8 seams to think it was from where he put the headon the floor before putting it back on as the car is parked on gravel

what a cock!
with friends like that etc etc

good luck with the new engine, at least you got an excuse to go non standard if you want!

baja 69 wrote:

what a cock!
with friends like that etc etc

good luck with the new engine, at least you got an excuse to go non standard if you want!

yeah i had a few words like that but oh well hopefully i will be picking up new engine from wales tonight

and thanks

just a quick update just got back from wales with a freshly built kr bottom end which is bored out to a 1.9 and a rebuilt ported and polished head now all i gotta do is paint it all up the colours i want it to be and then build the engine up and put it in

derrickeverard wrote:

just a quick update just got back from wales with a freshly built kr bottom end which is bored out to a 1.9 and a rebuilt ported and polished head now all i gotta do is paint it all up the colours i want it to be and then build the engine up and put it in

Fair play Dec, Give me a shout if you need a hand....













I've got some nice clean gravel

big dave wrote:

derrickeverard wrote:

just a quick update just got back from wales with a freshly built kr bottom end which is bored out to a 1.9 and a rebuilt ported and polished head now all i gotta do is paint it all up the colours i want it to be and then build the engine up and put it in

Fair play Dec, Give me a shout if you need a hand....













I've got some nice clean gravel

cheers dude but i will pass on the gravel

He must of been stoned


sorry

sticking all that rock up your inlet

got the engine all spotlessly clean today and painted the block and rocker cover plus put the head on with a nice new head gasket.
hopefully will get the engine back in the car by the middle of next week and have it fully running.

just got alot more cleaning of the engine bay to do before the lump goes back in.

just a quick update got engine mostly back together on friday

New Cambelt too??

Looks good.

nice looking clean engines ....ROCK

simonabt: yes got new cam belt etc
nomates: i love clean engine looks so much better than an oily mess

derrickeverard wrote:

simonabt: yes got new cam belt etc
nomates: i love clean engine looks so much better than an oily mess

and so much nicer to work on

got the engine back in today without engine hoist

not alot more to do now to get the car back on the road

engine all back working now took a while to get it set up right but now it is and drives really well just got to sort out welding the exhaust up

looking sweet dude

car fully back on the road now.

drove it back home from weston to portishead without any problems.

and put a massive smile back on my face