riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 11m 6d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 10/11/11 09:10 AM Share Posted 10/11/11 09:10 AM I cut my sump clean in half when I blew mine. Cut the lower half of the motor in half too. I ended up sticking a BA motor in for $1,000.It's hard to get decent Ford gear over here at the right price. If I had some spare cash I would probably do a rebuild on an NA block with rods and pistons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johno Donating Members 773 Member For: 14y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 10/11/11 09:32 AM Share Posted 10/11/11 09:32 AM My boots are too heavy Gave it a bootfull, and it just went bang. Oil everywhere.My cams are worn as well, so looking at a long, or complete engine ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT_BOOST Member 9 Member For: 13y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 10/11/11 11:13 AM Author Share Posted 10/11/11 11:13 AM Haha yea, same here, oil went everywhere and engine was on fire lol, managed to put it outBits of sump & Block all over the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 11/11/11 05:58 AM Share Posted 11/11/11 05:58 AM Once you get it running GOT_BOOST come on a cruise with us other WA members! If it's going by this Sunday we're cruising then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johno Donating Members 773 Member For: 14y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 11/11/11 10:19 AM Share Posted 11/11/11 10:19 AM Just had a look at the holes in my sump today, and just like GB, my piston is very similar, broken rod, block is smashed inside, and can see the valve heads up thru the bottom.Engine out 2morro.Have ordered a new F6 long engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT_BOOST Member 9 Member For: 13y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/11/11 05:50 AM Author Share Posted 21/11/11 05:50 AM Just had a look at the holes in my sump today, and just like GB, my piston is very similar, broken rod, block is smashed inside, and can see the valve heads up thru the bottom.Engine out 2morro.Have ordered a new F6 long engine.Nice, got my engine out yesterday, gonna be about another $4k or more, smashed Stearing Rack aswell, burnt the wiring harness, need new transcooler, engine mounts, and a few other things, so hope this aint gonna cost much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johno Donating Members 773 Member For: 14y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 21/11/11 08:45 AM Share Posted 21/11/11 08:45 AM It isnt a cheap job. Had to get my turbo rebuilt, new radiator(as cheap as a clean and check), RH engine mount(fark, they aint cheap :f*ckyou: ) new water pipes, as the F6 engine has the oil cooler on the block. Also got all new hoses coming, belt, flywheel bolts, and then labour on top of all that. Could have bought another ute for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 11m 6d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 22/11/11 05:10 AM Share Posted 22/11/11 05:10 AM Sounds like I got off lightly. Got a sweet BA engine from a wreckers for $1,000nz and that was pretty much it. No fire, no damage to the turbo and no damage to the heat exchanger although I did have to re-mount it as the sump was cut in half.My first thought after the bang and orange flash was "have I got some way to put out a fire " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johno Donating Members 773 Member For: 14y 2m 13d Gender: Male Location: Mt Gambier, SA Posted 22/11/11 09:04 AM Share Posted 22/11/11 09:04 AM I chose to replace most of my stuff. A lot of it probably wasnt needed, but I dont want to stuff up a new engine because I scrimpedon some parts. My hoses, and radiator dont look too bad, so will be used for spares.I looked at a 2nd hand BA engine, but didnt want to end up blowing that down the track, plus it had 177,000ks on it.My new F6 engine will look smick with its blue rocker cover :sungum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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