This cars doing my head in!!!!!

[micky taylor]

right as a few of you know iv been having problems with the champ......well the problems have not stopped since i fitted the c20let , iv been getting the management light on at 6k revs, so been checking into this and found a melted wire in the loom, sorted that yesterday and guess wot its still the same!!!!! so whipped the sump off and found the pick up ring damaged, so ripped the engine out and started stripping it down! thought id adress the smoking on idle aswell and found the turbo seals to be leaking again, so thats been sent away to i.t.s turbos to sort, so once again im with out the astra for a while and its ****ing me off!

[Ian T]

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Aaaaah, got the explanation I wanted in this thread.

Not good news mate - is it a complete git to change?

Ian.

[PaulGTEturbo]

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nightmare mate!!

you dont have to tell me, this year my problems have not stopped, im just praying i have got a bit of a breather now as my car has been a right little sod!!

good luck sorting it out, hope it makes a speedy recovery

[Kev Read]

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If it makes any of you feel any better my cars been a delight this year.

[red top lee]

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If it makes any of you feel any better my cars been a delight this year.

that good your selling it

[Tibs]

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that good your selling it

....LOL!

[Montytronix]

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i have 3no GTE's all needing attention.....your not alone m8
Driving old cars and not expecting any hastle is like getting married expecting not to get chronic earache ! lol

[BazW]

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when they're all lined up next to each other it'll all be worth it, hang in there

[micky taylor]

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ill sort it in the end.......its just really ****ing me off, ian yea its a biatch to change, crank out!!! so g/box off and oil pump out, if got it on a stand at work and pushed the car into the yard!

[Ian T]

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Oh dear, not the best news then - I've seen the V6 one, and concluded there was no way to remove that without removing the crank.

How come it has failed? I can imagine little bits of crushed ring in the sump?

Ian.

(ooooh... any news on that disc? )

[micky taylor]

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it must have been, rubbing on something???? or damaged before i fitted it when i re-built the engine??? gives me a chance to fit an xe inlet cam now though........ and me nice shiney cam cover and belt cover....

[micky taylor]

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UPDATE........got the crank out and found one of the main bearings had picked up!!!! not happy, so rang the engine shop who done all the work and supplied the bearings 5 months ago and got "sorry we have changed companys" and are no longer kingston engines so its got nothing to do with us!!! so sent the crank somewere else to be checked and orderd up some new main bearings!!! also found my nice new "tecniclutch" has been slipping after only 3 weeks, so one phone call later a lot of swearwords the clutch went back in the post and a re-fund should be on its way!!! so all in all another great day

[micky taylor]

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bit of good news now, the cranks ok and is just being polished again, and the turbos also good and hasnt been passing oil, but have found a couple of cracked valve guides.....so getting these changed, and hoping it will cure my smoke on idle

[imp]

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Good to see you getting on with it mate, hope to hear that it's all back together and running fine again soon.

[Ronin]

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Christ Micky you've got rotten luck with that LET.