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[saysomestuff 0]

Hey Guys,

 

I;m going to rebuild my 2.0 9A engine over the xmas holidays, it's got 135k on it. Any chance some one could post up the parts I should replace?

 

I'm going to try to stick to some kind of realistic budget :)

 

Cheers,

[Henny 0]

Are you going to remove the engine from the car or rebuild it in place?

[saysomestuff 0]

definately removing the head, depending on what you guys suggest (pistons, crank bearings) I might pull the lot out. The aim of the excercise is to make it good for anoth 135k :)

 

The only reason I ask is that my judgement on whether something is worth replacing is poor lol. So if I just have a shopping list and do it all at once it'll be easier for me.

[Henny 0]

okay then...

 

To do the crank bearings you need to remove the engine from the car as the bearing at the end is a complete O rather than 2 half shells...

 

If you're removing the engine, it's time to do the clutch too...

 

so;

 

Engine out Basics:

 

Head rebuild including new seals, seats and guides

Get the block hohned out by an engineering shop, odds are the place that rebuilds your head will be able to do it for you... get 'em to check the state of the bores while you're at it to see if it needs a rebore or not.

Clutch kit

Piston rings (the pistons themselves will be fine as long as the bores aren't damaged)

Head bolts

Head gasket set

Full engine gasket set

Crank bearings

Big end bearings

Paint (well, you gotta make it look pretty! ;) )

Waterpump

Oil pump

Dizzy

Cam followers (this'll hurt 'cos there's 16 of 'em! :( )

Plastic water system parts (they're not expensive and you may as well change 'em!)

Engine mounts (all 3 of 'em - may as well while it's not in there!)

 

Wash the pistons in your dishwasher (don't laugh, it makes a big difference!) and then attack with one of those green pan scourers to get 'em spotless...

 

Make sure EVERYTHING is spotlessly clean before putting it back together again... 8)

 

Optional:

 

Crank lightening

Flywheel lightening

Bottom end balancing

Overbore with new pistons to take it to 2.1! :twisted: :lol:

Dremmel and sandpaper for porting out and polishing the inlet and exhaust manifolds and the throttle body...

Bigger valved head?

[saysomestuff 0]

Spot on, thanks Henny - what sorta dosh we looking at for all the parts then? And which ones can I get away with from GPC or GSF?

 

Cheers

[Henny 0]

plastic water pipes and oil pump I'd go genuine, everything else you'll be fine with GSF/ECP parts... 8)

 

Price wise? Dunno, never rebuilt a 2.0 valver... :|

[GazzaG60 0]

actuall all bearings are half shells. but the end caps of the block need removing for proper efficient crank removal, thats engine out

[Henny 0]

GazzaG60, you sure? I thought the crank end bearing was a complete ring, not a pair of half shells... :| Live and learn, it's a while since I took a crank out... :|

[GazzaG60 0]

poped the crank out of mine last week ready for the overbore.

 

i already done about half of what you said for my turbo motor.

 

its 5 caps. 2 bolts on each (non stretch) with retainers on the centre cap.

[saysomestuff 0]

Thanks for all this guys. So should I really be looking at a garage rebuilding the head then?

 

I'm trying to convince myself that I can't stretch to a CNC head , so we'll keep that out of the picture for now - I was planning to do it myself, I assumed the only specialist tool was a valve spring compressor

[Henny 0]

you need a press to put in the valve guides and a specialist tool for putting in new seats and cutting them properly with 3 lips...

 

There's no point in just putting new seals in, as if the guides have any wear in 'em they'll just leak after a few K miles...

 

CNC head on a Valver would be interesting... ;) Go-on, you know you want to! :twisted: :lol:

[GazzaG60 0]

agreed again. if your doing any job do a proper one.

 

im gonna go for a cnc head from cnc heads machined for FI