There goes another one!
And there's more - just received a text to confirm that the head is back on and she should be running tomorrow
Clearly the HG turned up today!
Clearly the HG turned up today!
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Slight delay as one of the stud bolts was missing its thread on one end!!!
Anyway, car is back up and running and back at home
The new tappets have made a huge difference to extraneous noise, as has further work on the VANOS. Now you can hear the induction roar properly
Pics to follow in due course as Mr Crouch is otherwise engaged at present.
Just need to work out why the aircon has stopped working ...
Anyway, car is back up and running and back at home
The new tappets have made a huge difference to extraneous noise, as has further work on the VANOS. Now you can hear the induction roar properly
Pics to follow in due course as Mr Crouch is otherwise engaged at present.
Just need to work out why the aircon has stopped working ...
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
We changed from a standard bolt set to an upgraded ARP stud system which has a separate bolt and nut.rc944 wrote:did you end up replacing all the stud bolts in the end?
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Multi Layer Steel item from Cometic - with customised bore and thickness.ali-bumble wrote:Was this new gasket the copper one that had been discussed before or something different?
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Is that like a plywood version of steel?Charles wrote:Multi Layer Steel item from Cometic - with customised bore and thickness.ali-bumble wrote:Was this new gasket the copper one that had been discussed before or something different?
Does metal have a "grain" as such?
I know you can rearrange the molecules with varying heat treatments but not heard of this multi layered stuff.
Let's hope it does the trick anyway.
What was the verdict on piston number 1 , did it need replaced or new rings fitted? Any damage to the cylinder itself with the gasket debris flying around?
Sorry about the lots of questions but I do find this sort of failure and re=engineering rather interesting
B3 3.3 Coupe #090
D3 2.0 Biturbo Touring #098
D3 2.0 Biturbo Touring #098
Think of it as a sandwich with two bits of bread and a filling. In the case of an ALPINA gasket, the filling is organic (fibrous) whilst the MLS version has a steel filling which can be of varying thicknesses to give you the overall thickness you want.
Have a read here
No1 piston was "retired hurt" - pictures to follow in due course but, amazingly, no damage to valves, head or cylinder bore
Have a read here
No1 piston was "retired hurt" - pictures to follow in due course but, amazingly, no damage to valves, head or cylinder bore
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!