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Post by howardb66 on Nov 19, 2020 18:46:41 GMT
Still waiting for the manifold & DP to arrive from BOFI, ordered on the 3rd Nov...
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Post by Zed. on Nov 19, 2020 19:12:26 GMT
Still waiting for the manifold & DP to arrive from BOFI, ordered on the 3rd Nov... thats good service  any corespondance or excuses? Rich. |
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Post by jon on Nov 19, 2020 19:18:00 GMT
I have a feeling that they frontend a lot of stuff direct from the manufacturers / suppliers rather than keeping stuff in stock, which is fine as long as they keep you updated as to what's going on...
BTW Howard - I found the recirc dump valve, need to take a pic and send it over if you still want it, will try and remember next time I'm down the workshop..
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Post by howardb66 on Nov 19, 2020 20:10:03 GMT
Zed. I sent a polite nudge on the 10th Nov, apparently they were just waiting for boxes & would be dispatched the same week..... jon, I think you’re right but a little update to manage expectations works wonders... BTW, much appreciated Jon.🙂
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Post by howardb66 on Nov 25, 2020 16:31:35 GMT
Some bits arrived today.  |
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Post by boggissimo on Nov 26, 2020 10:13:02 GMT
What are you doing with the old SC setup?
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Post by howardb66 on Nov 26, 2020 15:49:46 GMT
What are you doing with the old SC setup? It’ll be in the classifieds shortly. |
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 7, 2020 17:48:26 GMT
So, sensible people would think ‘why change it if it ain’t broke?’..... I just fancy a change that all. The car was originally running a Skuzzle/Salon M45 SC setup & was performing pretty well but I had decided I had to take it off.  Empty...  The EGR valve was a pain in the rear canoe both sides, the piddling little bolts are tricky on the inlet manifold (especially when someone has previously covered them with filler to try & stop an EGR leak) & the lugg on the exhaust manifold fouls the dipstick so that has to be moved. The other thing I’d forgotten was that the SC mount replaces the std PAS mount, originally I thought the mounts were the same across the MK1&2 but not it seems. However, after a very kind offer from Zed., I got the bits I needed with a very speedy delivery from Autolink. The PAS was refitted, yay, actually putting something back on the car! |
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 8, 2020 10:11:00 GMT
The next stage was to fit the plumbing to feed coolant & lubricant to the turbo. Firstly, the oil feed; this was taken from a grub screw bung that you can’t see under the back of the exhaust cam. A 90degree fitting was put in with PTFE on the thread to make sure. A bit fiddly again but ok. The next one was the big one- the oil return to the sump. This involved drilling the sump, tapping a thread & putting in the brass fitting. Sounds easy, but guess what? The PAS hard lines are in the way if you want to drill the hole in straight, so they were all moved. The large drill bit was taped to mark the depth & greased to catch the shavings. I ended up ‘blipping’ the drill as the chuck in my variable speed 18V one was too small, stopping regularly to clean the bit & re grease. Once done, I’d discovered I’d just touched the surface of the inner oil pan, so just stopped in time. Maybe I think I might’ve drilled the hole a bit high. This then created another problem with the tap- because of the way it works, I ended cutting slivers off the end of it until the thread was cut to the right size, I re measured the depth & worked out I had 4mm between the end of the drain fitting & the inner oil pan.    |
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Post by jon on Dec 8, 2020 11:46:57 GMT
Interesting that you have an oil feed at the back - the mk1 blocks had it, but afaik the mk2s / 2.5s didn't have it as it was blanked off from the factory - the flat is there but not drilled and tapped and bunged during the block manufacture. Most mk2.5 owners end up taking an oil feed from the filter or pressure sensor...
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Post by Zed. on Dec 8, 2020 11:57:54 GMT
Interesting that you have an oil feed at the back - the mk1 blocks had it, but afaik the mk2s / 2.5s didn't have it as it was blanked off from the factory - the flat is there but not drilled and tapped and bunged during the block manufacture. Most mk2.5 owners end up taking an oil feed from the filter or pressure sensor... correct but... Firstly, the oil feed; this was taken from a grub screw bung that you can’t see under the back of the exhaust cam. you can take oil from the back of the head, much neater than wrapping pipework around the engine but not as neat as using a mk1 block  Rich. |
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Post by howardb66 on Dec 8, 2020 12:01:59 GMT
There’s also a very similar looking bung on the back of the inlet cam too, but my 2nd favorite is where the VVT oil feed comes out of the top of the rocker cover. My only quibble was does it flow oil all the time or only when the VVT is moved? jon Zed. ? Next stage was to fit the coolant pipes. Guess what? The flipping PAS pump had to come off its mount. Again. At least it was copper greased this time so no recalcitrant nuts & bolts this time. upload/n3djvqla05.jpg/n3djvqla05.jpg]  [/url] I then mounted the turbo manifold with a new gasket. Next thing is to drop the oil & flush through the drain to get rid of any lingering swarf. |
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Post by jon on Dec 8, 2020 12:16:23 GMT
Ahh - didn't twig that the bung was in the head not the block...
Oil flows from the block to the VVT gubbins on the top of the rocker cover - it should be pressurised all the time when the engine is running. However - when VVT operates the pressure will vary...
I know of people who are feeding turbos from there without issue, but some people say that you might have problems with feeding the turbo due to the drops in pressure...
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Post by Zed. on Dec 8, 2020 12:19:36 GMT
There’s also a very similar looking bung on the back of the inlet cam too, but my 2nd favorite is where the VVT oil feed comes out of the top of the rocker cover. My only quibble was does it flow oil all the time or only when the VVT is moved? jon Zed. ? [/quote] I believe the solenoid is on the camcover so there should be oil @ pressure constantly pre-solenoid although as I've not dismantled a vvt motor this is all guesswork  Rich. |
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Post by Zed. on Dec 8, 2020 12:21:53 GMT
Ahh - didn't twig that the bung was in the head not the block... Oil flows from the block to the VVT gubbins on the top of the rocker cover - it should be pressurised all the time when the engine is running. However - when VVT operates the pressure will vary... I know of people who are feeding turbos from there without issue, but some people say that you might have problems with feeding the turbo due to the drops in pressure... in theory, the oilpump's pressure-relief valve should ballance this obviously that is in an ideal world Rich. |
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