peanut 0 Posted February 24, 2008 Might be worth taking the upper tensioner bolt of and having a look at the rubber o-ring on the piston. That sounds similar to when one i had perished. Piston cant hold the pressure and loses tension in the chain Gav Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrensphatvr6 0 Posted February 24, 2008 Might be worth taking the upper tensioner bolt of and having a look at the rubber o-ring on the piston. That sounds similar to when one i had perished. Piston cant hold the pressure and loses tension in the chain Gav Thanks mate, I'll have a look at that tomorrow, I thought that originally. :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrensphatvr6 0 Posted February 25, 2008 that does sound very ill mate :( but its not terminal though, you can get the chains/tensioners from the states for £80+ delivery http://www.fourseasontuning.com/?product=271 and the head gasket is just not a nice job. but not that hard. dont give up mate. karl I was looking at these the other day from that site. They're way cheaper buying them from the states, I think it was something like £99 alltogether including delivery, I've heard strictly dubs sell them for around 160 plus delivery :shock: . Has anybody ever bought anything from the site before? I'm not sure whether to buy another VR6 engine and put it in mine or just get someone do the chain/tensioner on the one I've got now. What would you think would be better to do? I've found someone who could do the chains and It would cost around £550-£600 but then I'd have to wait for the parts from the USA and I'm not sure how long I'd have to wait for them. Cheers, Darren :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrensphatvr6 0 Posted March 9, 2008 Hi, since lowering the car, it pulls slightly to the left. I've had new track rod ends and anti-roll bar bushes and bar but still pulls? Any idea what this could be and I had the same problem with my 16v when I lowered that aswell but had it all balanced up but that still pulled. Cheers :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted March 9, 2008 probably the camber of the road, try driving on the wrong side of the road for as long as you can Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrensphatvr6 0 Posted March 10, 2008 Progress at last,... Picked the C up from the garage today, had the chains/tensioner done aswell as a new water pump. Thank g0d that's out of the way :lol: :lol: Also fitted my magnex stainless steel exhaust. Very pleased with it, fits perfectly. It's a really big improvement from what I had on it before. In conjunction with what's been done on the engine, it breathes so much better and makes a nice deep groal when you boot it from around 4000rpm, makes me smile everytime :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dukest 0 Posted March 10, 2008 nice one, must be a relief not to be listening to that scary noise any more!! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrensphatvr6 0 Posted March 10, 2008 nice one, must be a relief not to be listening to that scary noise any more!! :) Yeah it is mate, I fount out that the noise was the water pump, it was totally f33cked :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C6VRG 0 Posted March 28, 2008 Keep the wheels, dont bother with a plate and get smashed in the pub. heheh... Looking forward to making these wheels fit my new purchase ;-) Ben What are you putting them on mate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flusted 0 Posted March 30, 2008 you bought my boss's number plate 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C6VRG 0 Posted April 6, 2008 Hi all, Has anybody got any diagrams or a guide for changing the oil stem seals? Had a look but can't find anything, cheers :grin: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrensphatvr6 0 Posted May 5, 2008 Does anybody know what the difference is between a gas flow head and a water cooled head :confused4: Cheers :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites