Rab

Well. Today I got my turbo (cheers Carlsworth!!) and fitted it tonight....

Can ran great for about 2 minutes. Then.... Disaster. PLUMES of white smoke started billowing out the back. All the coolant dissapeared after about a minute...........

Head gasket failure.


Now, I have absolutely no money left. I basically wasted my budget on this plie of shite and can't afford to get the head skimmed and new gasket, bolts, and what not..................... I am fucking crushed.


Should I leave it and start working on it in March/April when I get back from sea?? Or shall I cut my losses now and break the cunt??

Help and advice needed.........

A very very very depressed Rab............

Rick

I'd lock her up - u'll have plenty of time to think. Ur head will be in bits now. You can always break in april.

Carlsworth

on getting turbo,..fooking post orifice...


on head gasket...

fooking very shit luck that mate,...crail in this weekend, recon turbo to go on,..fooking gutted for ya....


if your gonna break it, get the turbo on ebay asap...

will get more for it with warranty.....



again,....sad news.....


carl

Ginge !

sell it whole and cheep to me !!!!!




ok on a serious note mate,,,,, lock her up go to sea ( wtf,,,, things that bad your gonna go to sea or are you some kind of danger freek and fancy sailing round the world)

eitherway nobody is spending this time of year now christmas is comming up and the spending will start on cars in april mate


so theres the desision



but fuck me why you sailing round the world i dont know

Rab

I am beyond gutted mate.

I only have 3 weeks of leave left. Now, assuming I get her sorted and get my head skimmed etc.....

I won't be driving her this leave.


I have the worst fucking luck ever.... My own mother even calls me 'Lucky white heather' as a kind of sarcastic nickname if you like.

XRT_si

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True, dont loose faith over something quite trivial in terms of RST's

Your think differently in a few months. Whack it in the lock up and work it out later

Rab

I know, but the way I see it, is I could have spent the money in that fucking car, on something decent. Thats not fucking shit.

radiant red

i know the feeling mate i spent all my money on a cossie just to rebuild it the week later


keep hold of it

Carlsworth

the words of someone very pissed off....

think of it this way,....
if it was roaring round crail, you d be sooooo happy....

best thing to do imo, same as said above,...lock it away, and come back to it when your next on leave....

XRT_si

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oh mate dont get me started. I could have bought a minty mint saff cossie or maybe even an Escort Cossie for what ive spent on my XRT real tears!

But i dont regret a thing.

ive done like 5 engines, 3 boxes, 3 clutches, 2 turbos, 2 rads/fuel pumps and other associated shite. I could have given up so many times so easily.
but they are fun cars, dont forget the good times you've had with it....lol well with the last one

Rab

I think I'm just upset right now....

But I'd probably not be so fucked off had I had some fun in it. But I've only ever driven it from where I bought it, to my house, and then to my lock up..... Where it's been for 2 weeks. I can't help thinking I've just chucked my money away...........

Fudgey

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if its only ran for 2 mins, i take it you mean in the garage or what ever and not actually driving it?

if so then you wont need the head skimmed as it wont of overheated, or even got very warm tbh.

chv head gaskets are quite cheap, and bots are only like Ł25

so for about Ł60 it could be running again

even if the head does need a skim that only about Ł30 too

Rab

I know I know. But with my 'lucky white heather' in full effect... I;d buy a new gasket bolts and cambelt and it'll have a bannana shaped head and go again....

Ginge !

or discover a melted piston or cracked block and headgasket is fine




just trying to help you sell that car to me mate

Lee Reynolds

what a bummer. Lock it up and sort it later....

what do you do at sea? Navy? or are you a alaskan crab fisherman

Rab

I'm not stupid mate!

I work for the RFA.

www.rfa.mod.uk

Thats what I do. 3rd Engineer RFA Fort Austin

ricky_3dr

Leave for a few months

Lee Reynolds

cool how long you at sea for then?

Rab

5 months mate.

Going to take the head off tomorrow and see what the score is...

Stoo

Stick it in the garage or a lock up mate. I really isn't that bad, but i can understand why you're gutted and want rid but trust me, keep it and sort it later.

Yes you could have bought a newer reliable car but...it's not what you really want, is it?

Ginge !

5 months


i know its prob cheap with you being scottish ect but im sure easyjet have a pikey plane you could take to get there,,,,,, there good value for money and comfortable if your someone like shorty or AJ,,,,,, they claim theres LOADS of room for there legs,,,,,, though AJ does think the planes could do with being wider

Rab

Fair point. Anyways......


I have decided to get the head off tomorrow.....

And I will see if it's the gasket. And hopefully replace it... Assuming I can survive for 2 weeks on whats left in my cupboard. Beans and Sausages... mmmmmmmm

Rab

Eh? What are you waffling on about you big goon!

I don't pay my own flights Ginge, the MOD pay that for me

So I can't save money by hitchhiking to the ship or anything

Dicko&Vacant

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dont let it get you down mate sarah bought an rs turbo and after a week its had a full top end rebuild, head skim, etc and its still sounds tappety as fook lol

Phil

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Rab


I popped the headgasket on my 205 1 week before its first trackday (after i'd spent months doing the cage, brakes, rear beam etc)

Although I just looked on the upside, got myself down the local motorfactors and got my spanners out. 1 day and Ł20 later it was fixed and it's done 3 trackdays since The only headgasket change i'd done before that was on a Metro

Ginge !

never knew you was a ship worker mate


think if you work on a ship then then BEST thing you can do is sell me your car mate,,,,,,,

Rab

Yours for 3 grand Ginge.


Now leave me alone



Phil. I'm doing the gasket tomorrow. I'm calm now

Ah christ, and to think, I could have bought something reliable

Rs Baz

rab i feel for you mate i had my black s2 back in 2001 ever since
then ive been doing diffrent things to it or buying new stuff it is never ending dont give up i havent,

in june 2002 engine had a rattle on bottom end it was taken out for
rebuild the lad that done it put the pistons in the wrong way

in july 2002 engine back out i had another one bored out to 1700 mhale
pistons etc, no problem,

sept 2003 head gasket fault head back off

feb 2004 of the road to have new roof inner skin it was rotted and of the road for 6 months

back on the road in sept 2004 got cought speeding but let off

it then went of the road and been of the road ever since.

feb 2006 started stripping it for major rebuild lost intrest in may and
left it at the back fo workshop

wait till you come back then have a fresh start

Lee Reynolds

good idea mate. If i get stressed over something i usually find pulling the head off helps ease some of the stress

vroooom ptssssh

jeezo, your not wrong on the luck front Rab sorry to hear that mate!

keep it and get it fixed, hopefully it'll be just the gasket

Lloyd

i would do a compression test before you start to strip the engine down, it might not be the headgasket thats gone wrong

Rab

If it's not, I'm stuffed...... If it's not the gasket it's the head or the block thats cracked, in which case it will be getting broken.


I'll know for sure in about 3 hours.....

Charlie Chalk

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Gutted mate



I got a head yu can have FOC thats in fine working order

Rab

Some man Radders. I'll let you know the script....

Charlie Chalk

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msn me mate

Rab

Well, a new gasket didn't do it. Either the head has cracked. Or the block.

The gasket I took out was almost new. Tried a new one anyways, but with no success. Same problem. So, I think it may be time to cut my losses while I can.

Ginge !

sorry to hear mate, its prob the rings or pistons tbh


good news is when you get back you can go forward with a bigger engine

Rab

Fuck that Ginge.

Break the cunt


I'm twenty fucking seven. When I come back I'm buying a real fucking car. Enough of all this Ford shit

Lee_R21Turbo

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Mate......you really need to get the head checked for straightness before you throw it back together again!!! Just because the old headgasket looks mint .....seepage can occur under/ over it etc....

I dont want to throw a spanner in the works but are you sure the turbo you stuck on it not cracked internally!!!???

Rab

Yeah, I had the turbo rebuilt. And I trust the bloke that did it.


I think it's almost definately the head. Pistons 2+3 have had a steam clean. As have the inlet valves.