bigpants baby 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Just bought a vr engine from a rolled car,is there anything i need to do prior to putting in a car & firing it up? (bearing in mind that oil was coming out of the thottle body & all the sediment in the oil will be around the engine) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted June 29, 2005 I would think clean the throttle body and the breather tubes out. Assume you will re-use your maf etc. The rest should burn away very quickly if theres any in the chambers ? I;m no expert though Whats the mileage though, as if its done 100k+ it would be a lot lot easier doing the chains and tensioner out of the car me thinks & clutch etc ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris VR6nos 0 Posted June 29, 2005 i posted loads and the forum server hates me and ate my post :-( Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted June 30, 2005 do you know how long it was running while upside down? Engines have a nasty habbit of eating crank shells if they're run upside down 'cos the oil pump runs dry... :| Probably worth taking the sump off and having a look at a couple of shells to make sure they're OK before firing it up.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigpants baby 0 Posted June 30, 2005 yes sure save taking engine back out again,by all accounts the car rolled 2 or 3 times Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted June 30, 2005 deffo check the shells then... :| Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
