[engine_work] Mi16 Engine Bay Tidy & New Head Fit !

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

 

And now the front ! will be ready for painting in a day or so's time one it has all dried off etc, all the parts should start arriving next week and the car will be back next sat hopefully to begin refitting things

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

Well i got it back from the spray shop this morning and im quite pleased with the result

 

Edited April 28, 2007 by chris 417 mi

[Pug_101 0]

Well i got it back from the spray shop this morning and im quite pleased with the result

 

 

Looking good, keep up the great work

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

Been spraying the block with high temperature paint from halfrauds, wasnt too sure if it would look ok but it seems too

 

 

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

And the state of the garage at the moment

 

 

better pics of the ports

 

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

Few more pics, got my head back from qep ready for fitting, just awaiting head bolts now a nd the loom for the bay then can really get on with reassembling everything !

 

 

 

Was a bit surprised to find rust inside the bores, till i remembered id jet washed the block last week

 

 

View of the old big valve head

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

And a sneaky one of the new head

 

[mickie 3]

looking good, i'd try and get that rust away pretty quick

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

i know , the head should be going back on soon though so ill be able to spin it over by hand a few times to clear most of it

Edited May 9, 2007 by chris 417 mi

[matty_gti 20]

Is the new one skimmed?, what was done to it while at QEP?

 

looking good!.

Edited May 9, 2007 by matty_gti

[smckeown 1]

isn't it worth doing at least a minir bottom rebuild as the head is off. Tidy up the bores and fit new rings at least etc ? I don't know how much your rings would appreciate having to clean up surface rust.

[smckeown 1]

also i'd clean up / remove the paint on the oil pressure senders, it wont make a good contact surface currently

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

isn't it worth doing at least a minir bottom rebuild as the head is off. Tidy up the bores and fit new rings at least etc ? I don't know how much your rings would appreciate having to clean up surface rust.

 

New pistons & liners were fitted about 2 1/2 years ago and ive done no more than 6000 miles since, also had all the crank bearings done & crank reground at same time.

 

also i'd clean up / remove the paint on the oil pressure senders, it wont make a good contact surface currently

 

Im replacing all the sensors on the block with new, i just left the old ones in to keep the paint from getting into places it shouldnt

 

What torque settings should the head bolts be tightened to when it comes to refitting the head ?

[ChrisG 0]

Chris - what did you clean the block with before you painted it?

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

Is the new one skimmed?, what was done to it while at QEP?

 

Yup and yup fitted with cat cams inlet and exhaust cams too :

[Banjo 1]

Not as much as the haynes lie book says, ask Jonnie205 or miles etc

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

Chris - what did you clean the block with before you painted it?

 

LOADS of gunk degreaser, then a good presssure wash off for about an hour and a half continually gunking it and scrubbing then spraying. Once id done that i got a wire wheel onto it !

 

 

 

Not as much as the haynes lie book says, ask Jonnie205 or miles etc

 

Cheers mate, that was to be my first point of contact

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

few update pics, been waiting for parts and my head to be timed up, heres what ive been up too so far :

 

 

Old wiring, doesnt look half as bad as it was

 

 

All old wiring removed and new spliced into loom

 

 

And one of the new head fitted to the engine block

 

More tomorrow, should have all wiring sorted and the headlights back in hopefully!

Edited May 26, 2007 by chris 417 mi

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

Couple more for today :

 

 

Allthe wiring for the headlights etc has now been tidied and weatherproofed inside the black plastic wiring protectors and lots of sparky tape

 

 

First light back in, pics dont show how shiny these are

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

 

Both lights in, wont fall out now like they used to (whoever fitted them previousley had forgotten to use any of the fixing points !

 

 

One more of the bay, almost ready for the engine to be dropped back in

[Richie-Van-GTi 70 2 Cars]

anymore updates? I know that engine is a step closer

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

well as of sat after noon engine now looks like this :

 

 

but unfortunatley as of monday nights weekly football session i now looklike this

 

 

if anyone fancies giving me a hand it would be greatly appreciated to get this complete for fcs

[Richie-Van-GTi 70 2 Cars]

oh dear, are you off work then?

[chris 417 mi 27 2 Cars]

hopefully not as i dont get sick pay and its going to be torture sitting looking at the 205 all day and not able to do anything

[jas-E 1]

Hey mate. Awesome job you doing there. Im rebuilding my Mi aswell and just got to the stage where i use loadsa gunk degreaser and solvents to clean it up and later paint it.

 

Just a tip to prevent the rust forming, spray a light coat of WD40 over the internals of the engine..like your liners. If your not going to work on the engine for a while, it'll keep the engine from rusting away into thin air!!