Gti_Jamo

Cheers mate. Yeah they were rock hard with the heat. Luckily though i've robbed the one off a mk2 gti I have which is in really good condition. Need to get an oil feed pipe for the charger though now as i broke mine. It was past its best anyway. Engine and gearbox is in now.

A little update with how things are progressing. Engine block and cam cover got hit with some wrinkle black. Then just started building. Just need to bolt on the gearbox. It doesn't look great but not going mad with it making it like new if its all coming out again, which it will at some point after the summer. Just need to see how this runs first. Its had the bores honed, new big end shells, both crank seals replaced, crank bolt, stem seals and valves re-lapped, metal head gasket and new bolts, sump painted / new gasket, new timing belt Also have oil / filter, red coolant, thermostat and new expansion tank bottle, fuel filter also along with a bottle of STP. Also during the build I came across the injector loom. Quite possibly the cause of my piston detonation. Will need to get another from somewhere as the wiring is split at the base off all the connectors and various other places. I'm surprised it ran at all. Bay given a minor spruce up along with sorting out the rough loom. Engine goes back in it tomorrow.

His programme needs to be a rolling 24 hour show for it to have any sort of effect on him.

Yeah it's been a laborious jorney so far but we're getting there. As for the key question i'm not sure. Definately running lean and detonated that piston. Will need to run some tests once it running. Bad injector hopefully considering the problem was confined to only one cylinder. I have a spare.

Couple of the infamous piston nunberm1 now removed from it chamber of carnage. The 1H block now has its pistons back in along with some new big end bearing shells. Also stripped and cleaned the head. Its had some previous porting done on the inlets. Just now need to get the various seals and gaskets to build it all back up.

Yeah i'll see how it performs once running and take it from there. Despite the charger, it'll be getting driven very carefully for a while. As you can see the marks on my bore are quite high which is a concern. If it was any higher I wouldn't attempt it.

Right then, i've had the block inspected at a machine and had the bore honed and its much better but still there although much less obvious to the touch. Obviously a rebore would 100% cure the problem but it's not an option just now so i've decided just to build it up and see how it goes. I'm hopefull the rings will sort it out. Basically run it in and keep an eye on the compression and oil consumption. It's not ideal but no other option really. I'm confident though. So going to start building it back up tomorrow then commence with the swap.

Picked up a rallye engine at the weekend. Just a head and block with low miles but has sat for a good whille. Anyway got it on the engine stand and began ripping it apart. The head's fine, real good condition. Will just require stripped, cleaned and rebuilt. However, although the bores are really good in regards to wear as it's practically nothing, some moisture has got into one of them and suffered some corrosion or a build up of rust. This is what i'm left with after cleaning away all the brown mankyness and hitting it with wone wd40 and some 2000 grade wet and dry. I'm not sure on the what the next best course of action with this or if it's needing the machine shop. I have a bore honing tool for the dril and various air tools that I could try. It is quite prominent when you run your finger over it. I also had some movment of the same piston so removed it and found the ring to be sticking which after cleaning up seems to be fine. Some moisture got down there too. Other than this everything else appears to be spot on but yet to do any measuring but it is obviously low miles so in general i'm happy aslong as I can resolve this bore issue quickly. Some other pics.

Cheers buddy, picked the rallye engine up today for it.

Hi guys, Thought it was time I put up a thread on my recent ebay purchase. Lovely looking car on the surface, no welding so far but will need some work done to the front passenger sill where its been crushed. Its rotten behind the seal at the top of the drivers side windscrean. Its needing replaced anyway, I just hope the auto-glass man can leave it with me a couple of days inbetween removal and refitting so I can repair it. Its also leaking water somewhere but yet to verify its the screen causing this. Other issues is the interior as its not great and not put together well. Bits missing here and there. Front seatbelts are not mounted to pillar correctly and rear belts not even there. Have Mk2 Golf ones there but not sure they're the same. No parcel shelf or spare wheel and boot carpet. Central locking not working most of the time. Front strut top are hanging off it, ruining the osf tyre on inside edge. Small dent in osr wheel arch. Has a momo steering wheel I want to swap for a standard one and aftermarket rear lights i'm not too keen on. Bit of laquer peel on ns door and a few wee other stonechips etc but nothing major there. Loads of history adding up to 10k+ and recently had a new distributor and fuse box done at Trix. The job that takes priority though is changing the engine as sadly after only the second day of ownership one of the pistons melted. I have one lined up, a 1H Rallye engine which is low miles apparently but has sat for a while. Obviously i'll need to figure what caused this as usually related to a fueling issue. Poor injector maybe. I'll probably clean up the bay and paint the new engine while its out but all dependant on cost and motivation but morale is low with this just now. At the stage where I wish I never bought it and just kept my tidy mk3 vr6 but I know it'll pass once some progress is made and it'll be worth a good few qud once its done. Just want it running and on the road as it's still mot'd till august. Still waiting on docs from previous owner due to private plate going on retention so cant even tax it until then but its been about 3 weeks so hopefully not long to go. Also need to recieve docs confirming last charger rebuild as left them behind when I collected it. Apparently on a stage 3. So anyway will begin work next week when i've finished other jobs. Currently respraying a rusty old T4 for someone but should have that in paint on tuesday.

Cheers buddy for the offer but suspect that setup will be way outside what I can affoard just now. Just needing something to get me back on the road quickly.

As above need a good G60 engine. Just the head and block or even just the block as I melted a piston. Needs to be fairly local for collecting. Cheers.

Also here's a pic of the corrado...

Melted piston. Why i thought it was still running normal after it happened I do not know. Panic blinkers on. I know someone with a spare rallye engine so not all bad. At least the charger lives on.

Engines had it. Zero compression in cylinder 1 unfortunately. Going to whip the head off tomorrow and see whats what bit looks like a replacement engine or a rebuild. At least charger is fine. The oil has been forced down the return into the charger.

Yeah it is odd. Perhaps maybe the spike in oil pressure then ruined a seal. Hopefully not though.

Hi guys I was on a week or so looking for a corrado and just yesterday picked up a nice red G60. All pretty good shape bodywork wise. Anyway, all was well until today when I gave it a bit in 2rd and upon shifting to 3th I was greeted by the smell of oil followed by a significant trail of blue smoke. Pulled up and lifted the bonnet to see that oil had been forced past the seal where the boost return bolts to the charger and also forced oil out the oil filler cap. So basically oil everywhere. I'm know my way round cars and old vw's but little experience with this set up. Had some tools with me so took off the charger hose and there was a load of oil in there, both pipe and charger. Started the car and it still ran fine on idle and no abnormal charger noises so limped it home a couple of miles with the charger hose still detached and the remaining oil in the intake burned off pretty quick. Doesn't appear to be any abnormal breather behaviour revving up now. So my question is whats happened here lol? Will be getting torn into it tomorrow as obviously i'll need to drop the intercooler to clean it and the pipe work. Shame like I was really enjoying it. Build thread going up soon. Cheers guys. Jamie

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Cheers. Yeah thats me mate. 1500 is a bit high I could prob stretch to 1200 for the right car as like I said I want a fixer upper but I do need a bargain. Preferably a vr or g60 but I know i'm asking a lot. I take neglected old vags and bring them back to life, it's kinda what I do lol. I need to find one sharpish though as have no car the now.

Hi guys i'm new here although I signed up in 2012. Sold my 92 Golf VR6 a few month ago, had a brieff stint with a suburu impreza but now decided I want a corrado. Something cheap thats needs some jobs doing but prefferably with a bit of tax and mot would do me. Not to fussed on model. Also have an 88 Mk2 Golf Gti but thats a long term project. Anyway thats me. Hopefully be a regular visitor here.

After taking mine for a run I can touch all the pipes, pull of the cap off the expansion tank and it even appears my thermostat has shut due to low temps. The faster I go the cooler it gets. I just ordered a laser temperature gun should be here tommorow. Give me an idea of actual temps at different areas of the system.

Hey I was directed over here by someone off scottishvag, i'm having the exact same problem with my 92' Golf VR6. Bought it a week ago and while moving it never gets above 70 degrees but fine when stationary, changed the thermostat, flushed out the system but it made no difference.