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nar no news yet mate.. might hear something tomorrow about it as they are pretty flat out and bradis pretty busy atm as they are moving into a new building this week.. hope its an easy fix with just a new main seal but knowing my luck who knows...

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Not that you want it to heppen but these things can happen when this much is undertaken.

Sounds like atomic is taking good care of it as some engine builders would fix it but only if you removed the motor and took it back to them.

Reading through the posts, this was not a brand new motor as mentioned above was it?

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yeah mate these things happen, a bit of a bummer but that's cars for you lol.. but had a call from atomic before and all is good.. he said the seal had worked its way out some how and was not sitting in there properly so it was leaking.. so he said the inside of the seal might not of been a perfect circle and when the car started it has grabed its self and came loose.. they put a new seal in and run the car for about half hour with the flywheel and is not leaking.. like he said he had not seen this happen before so was just unlucky im just glad he sorted it all out for me.. go and pick it up in the morning..

nar it was not a brand new block mine was still in perfect condition as it looked like only the head gasket had let go, but did not no till the motor had been pulled apart.. so insted of just buying a new short motor he rebuilt mine so I kept the same engine number and saved a few dollars too :blink:

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picked up the car this arvo and looks like its sorted out now.. the second seal started leaking again so went and got a genuine ford main seal and looks to be fine now.. time will tell if it starts again..

but now got another problem.. was driving home and all of a sudden the car wont accelerate properly.. it runs rough when you put your foot down.. I checked the coils and they are all sparking.. will pull the plugs out tomorrow and have a look..

anyone got any ideas what this could be??? just seems to be one thing after another.. GRRRRRR :blink:

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You would have to assume it's something to do with the new motor or the re-assembly, so it will be up front I guess... which probably doesn't help you.

Can you explain the problem in more detail? I'm thinking fuel... perhaps a kink in a line or a bit of gunk (or spiders) got in the line while it was on the street?

It could also be that the engine isn't happy in it's new home (has it become 'self-aware'?... hello Hal), perhaps a tune will fix it up.

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lol yeah new bloody engines I dont no haha.. well the whole fuel system was all sealed off while the engine was out and had done like 160kms before it happened.. yeah well it was fuel problem.. 1 of my injectors decided to give up and die.. atomic had a brand new injector sitting around went and picked it up and put it in and all is sweet..

I have not seen an injector give up before, first time for everything.. funny because I got them cleaned and flow tested the other week and they were working perfect till the drive home yesterday.. glad that problem is sorted now just hope this main seal does not leak again..

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at least it was nothing to serious.

Time to get this thing on the dyno to get it all checked out & have some boost turned into it.

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