well after all that hassle this is what happened......

 

feel for you dude! what you reckon has caused it?

 

Ah nuts , is that a zvh?

 

Ah shame mate... Rs turbo's for you mine did the same

 

I got one a bit like that at the mo. cry or crush it! Lol

 

What's caused it lads?

 

Too much gasket sealer used on the sump, some squidged inside and got sucked into the oil pick up, blocked it and starved the engine of oil. :-(

 

Gutted for you matey.

 

Same way the YB went in my escos when the previous owner rebuilt it, fuck knows how much people are using?!

 

I've got pictures of a Corsa on my laptop at work of an absolutely unbelievable amount of sealer used on a water pump and timing cover gasket. Must have used well over a big tube full (aerosol size tube)! So much so it blocked a water outlet and cooked the head gasket. There was a golf ball sized lump wedged in there!!

 

enough sealer to block a outlet
Genius!

 

Couldn't believe it! This car had already broke down in the past through loss of coolant and then got towed by the AA to an approved repairer. This was that garages repair! We got it with over heating and misfiring issues and we stripped it to find huge lumps of the stuff! I never got to find out which garage fit the water pump.

Thin smear is all that is needed to fill any uneven surfaces but some people can't seem to grasp this!

 

Feel for you mate .

 

If im honest i havent used sealant on either CVH builds, just a light smear of grease on the gaskets, even the sump gasket just a light smear and its sealed properly.

Only time i've used sealant is when doing the head gasket on a BMW, needed some well seal on the timing chain housing upper half.

 

I used some stud lock on my dipstick tube too when i fitted that after machining, just so it didn't move afterwards. But obviously only put it round the part that needed it instead of coating the whole thing.

 

Here you go boys. Check these out!

 

yuck!

 

...the fuck!!!

 

kin hell

 

That is the Corsa I mentioned further up in the thread! Fucking amazing!

 

Equally amazing is how little is on the contact surfaces!