The DUMBEST things you've found done to engines

[mark tucker]

yes it will have some hard zones, I wood use a die grinder and take out almost the thickness of the sleeve you intend to put back in. or it's just going to kill/dull the cutter and..creat a lot of heat as it trys to knurl it's way through....

[modok]

[mark tucker]

some are press fits some arnt...Ive installed tomany. , but for some of the stupidest things ever have to be the morons that put them into production or the other morons that take a 250 hp 16 valve dohc 2.4l performance na engine and make it so it only puts out....160~170 hp at the flywheel!!! you cant fix stupid. now if it said honda on the valve cover it would probably be 260 hp...but it dont.you cant fix stupid. I think hondas s 2000 NA 4 cyl engine at 2000 cc is around 240 hp....like it should be,

[Chickensoup]

[modok]

I've got a contender
Perkins engine block here, has a piece of angle iron welded in the cylinder for the purpose of removing the cylinder sleeve.

Here is the problem

Only certain versions of this engine have removable cylinder sleeves,
and this isn't one of them!

[Chickensoup]

Oh btw, at the last vw meet I was at, I saw this....


Link


The video speaks for itself lol

And this was after we got it running. Engine had a top end "rebuild".

The china carb came with bolts not studs. And the rear bolt was bottoming about and pushing the carb up.
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[Chickensoup]

it's actually a two cylinder

I'm sure you already know dis butt those are the injectors you see on the top.

Which is y they call them "pumper dusen" or however you spell it.

Edit, I found the noise. It's just the serpentine belt dampener. If it explodes oh well. It wont be the end of the world.

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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[mark tucker]

I stoped doing diesels after the first 4-71 I did....it took over a year to get all the crap out of the jet clean!!!! 1 they are too effing heavy, 2 they are stinkey,3 nasty...
on another note...that engine only have 1 valve per cylinder?dam chicken hows it run?? just kidding.

[kingkarmann]

Engines and the cars that they power are engineered and built for ease of factory assembly. Very little consideration is given when it comes to service ancillary parts like water pumps, starters, spark plugs and the like.
It seem like lately every time I tackle a job on a "modern" car or truck the first step in the procedure is to remove motor mounts, raise transmissions for clearance or remove frame members to gain access to what should be simple repairs. Dumb and frustrating!

[Dave]

guy sold me an engine for an aircooled, dual relief, dual Dellorto 40's, guy said it ran, but it vibrated like hell at idle. I did a valve adjust, oil change, put it on my run stand, and fired it up, thinking the guy didn't know how to synch the carbs...engine at idle almost shook the run stand on it's side.. this ain't no carb synch issue.. pull the head on the 3-4 side...okay, 92's, and 82mm stroke, great!! it's a 2180..pull the other side...no friggin way, says right on the pistons 90.45... yeah it might be a tiny bit out of balance..
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[Chickensoup]

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[TDCTDI]

Did you mag out all the valleys in the head to get as much of the particulate out as possible?

Did you check that the galley plugs were still intact in the injector rockers?
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Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

[finster]

or you'll have a cock like a tiger's tail! as an old mechanic once said to me...
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[calvinater]

Maybe you should get some gloves.
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[Chickensoup]

well i was nearly ready to fire up the passat and break in the cam. i just need to tighten the timing belt and hook the accessories back up. I should have it running again 2marrow.

new cam, lifters(the black oxide style), cam bearings, water pump, tensioners, belt, etc.

im posting on this b/c i did something really stupid 2day... I tried using the cam pulley puller backwards and stripped a thread good news is, only the very first thread got goofed up. So all is good now.

i dont know why the video i was watching had me do this. but i did it any way. The factory timing marks were still on there thankfully so the timing is exactly how it was be 4.

Well damn! that boy messed up.

and it being a deisle, your gonna get FILTHY.

I was hungry and didnt want to digest oil, so a banana worked out well.

nearly back together.
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[Chickensoup]

[borninabus]

[AutoMechanic]

Let’s see. I know I am a young mechanic but I’ve seen my fair share of screwups in engines. We had one customer who replaced his spark plugs and had slathered anti seize all over the threads and electrodes and had the car towed in saying I don’t know why my engine isn’t running right. I had to clean them up and properly apply anti seize. Later that same guy had the same car towed in with another father and son handy fix again with anti seize this time they replaced the PCM and slathered the anti seize all over the connections and it was acting weird cleaned them off and all good again. I told him not to use anti seize anymore on anything without my help lol. Most of the other stuff is dumb stuff I’ve seen while working in the shop like a guy burning the shop down because he was welding near gasoline and the others is a customer driving in the pit and many other things.

[TDCTDI]