atto666 Member 35 Member For: 17y 9m Gender: Male Location: liverpool, sydney Posted 27/07/11 12:00 PM Share Posted 27/07/11 12:00 PM Well, it probably was inevitable really. The enthusiasm of my right foot, finally, has bit my arse.After 6 months of enduring an intermittant missfire on low rpm, it started to develop into an even worse missfire on light throttle after a quick blast of throttle, butnever missfired while I was on the gas pedal though.I went through 3 sets of plugs, and through a set of coils in for the hell of it in ther at some point too, but the miss never stopped. Then, water started disappearing. at first not much, then over the last 2 months, upwards of 5 litres a week. now this is a car that hardly gets driven, twice a week if lucky, for the missus to get to her mums and back, I have a work car, and am lucky to drive it on weekends. So, that's a LOT of water going missing.So, I took the car into work, had the borescope ready to chuck down no. 1 cylinder, after pulling plugs yet again, and seeing no.1 plug was always cleaner than the rest. didnt need the scope, no.1 which was at top dead, was covered in water. damn, blown headgasket I thought. Off with the head. No tell tale signs of gasket failure, head is straight and true, what the f..k is it then. wound no.1 piston back down the bore. F..K ME. 2 inch long crack, almost from top to bottom of no.1 cylinder.buggerwhats even better, is that the car ran smooth as a dream, as long as I didnt get the vac needle into the positive zone, and even better, is that the night before I pulled the head off, even still with the thought in my mind that my car wasnt anywhere near its peak, and was more damaged goods than ever, I slapped (read: served him his arse on a plate) a brand new hsv r8, with less than half throttle..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 28/07/11 02:21 AM Share Posted 28/07/11 02:21 AM bugger mate, what are you gonna do to fix/replace the motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brods Member 433 Member For: 14y 4m 28d Gender: Male Posted 28/07/11 02:33 AM Share Posted 28/07/11 02:33 AM Trade in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/07/11 02:48 AM Share Posted 28/07/11 02:48 AM Can you swing a spanner? bare blocks are a dime a dozen all the expensive bits that move seem to be okay so get to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atto666 Member 35 Member For: 17y 9m Gender: Male Location: liverpool, sydney Posted 28/07/11 12:18 PM Author Share Posted 28/07/11 12:18 PM got a complete block sitting next to my car ready to go in this saturday, late model territory turbo block, should be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F16 Member 78 Member For: 14y 10m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/07/11 10:45 PM Share Posted 28/07/11 10:45 PM Damn, at least you're prepared. What mods does the car have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atto666 Member 35 Member For: 17y 9m Gender: Male Location: liverpool, sydney Posted 31/07/11 12:37 PM Author Share Posted 31/07/11 12:37 PM exhaust, tune , cooler , fuel pump and injectors, just the basics(3.73 diff ratio, billet flywheel, brass button) doesnt really punch the numbers but it gets the missus and the kids from a to b.what a friggin weekend. 2 full afternoons of torture, still got a few odds and ends to do. but its running sweet as a nut, thank goodnessyes, I am a ford mechanic. no I will not be doing this again in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Member 573 Member For: 16y 4m 22d Gender: Male Posted 31/07/11 10:10 PM Share Posted 31/07/11 10:10 PM Pretty sure my block is cracked as well but im not replacing it until I blow a huge f*ckin hole in it.Hate these bloody cars.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atto666 Member 35 Member For: 17y 9m Gender: Male Location: liverpool, sydney Posted 01/08/11 10:03 AM Author Share Posted 01/08/11 10:03 AM hahahaahaha, that's the spirit.agree with you and the hate for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis Member 231 Member For: 14y 8m 5d Gender: Male Posted 01/08/11 10:35 AM Share Posted 01/08/11 10:35 AM Pretty sure my block is cracked as well but im not replacing it until I blow a huge f*ckin hole in it.Hate these bloody cars..LMAO agreed!!! I got my self 2 holes in block and 1 in sump lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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