Stu.H

Im having NO luck whatsoever

The pistons from new have only done 5k miles and the engine was built by one specific company, i have receipts for over 6k.

Basically when the pistons were machined they were put on the lathe and tightened too tight, this has damaged them

Ive called the previous owner of the car to call the builders to see if anything can be done with regards to getting some compensation, but I dont hold much hope, as they were purchased 4 years ago.

They were accralite pistons, so not the best for the job and Arias pistons will go in instead, just £600 I havent got at the moment

Jay,

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shit stu you aint had much luck with this car have you

Munch

unlucky mate

Rhys

gutted for u mate

AndyRS

Fook me Stu

Shings

Gutted for you mate... really gutted.. I thought the car would be a good one.

Jake

GARETH T

gutted for you mate

the muppet on the lathe should of machined some softjaws to suit

Lee Reynolds

no luck? What else has happend Stu?

rapidcossie

who built it?

Stu.H

The car WILL be a good one, you can bank on that


AndyRS, Im coming after ya

CozzyBrom

garth you of all ppl should know pistons aint round they should been done on a milling machine not in a lathe

peteh

iTrader: (3)

did burtons machine the pistons then?

Stu.H

Have a look at my previous fookin posts

Bottom end scrap as was overbored by same company
Supposed to be wire wrung, but unusable as the scores overlap
cam belt tensioner bodged so was a failure at any point

want me to go on? I could write a book

TIFF

Sorry to hear all this shite news Big Man

Lee Reynolds

that IS shite luck Stu

Ginge !

what was wrong with this engine for it to first have these issues

and how long was the engine running for too ?


dont take this the wrong way but if the car had the pistons fitted 20k ago then,,,,, well then are all these problems precaution measures

as said though dont take offence just wondering as all ive seen in posts is issues with this car you bought that i never knew the reason the engine was removed in the first place

Rick

Ginge, was down on compression. Stripped to investigate and the bores were found to be too big.

Ginge !

ahhhhh


did wonder as i thought he took it in for a set up, then remember him saying about the cam belt, then he was asking about blocks


christ hes got worse luck than me with cars i think


sorry to hear


ever thought about buying a bmw

Charlie Chalk

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Are you still staying ZVH?


Or going 16v...



Shit on the news though



Also.. Like Euan asked.. Who built it???

MikeR

I thought Burtons built the bottom end did they not ??

I hope you get it sorted,

Mike

Stu.H

I'll have an update this morning to see if the engine builders are going to compensate in any way.

Pennywise, yes staying ZVH mate.

Stu.H

Right, the pervious owner gave the builders a call on my behalf, and to cut a long story short they have agreed to at least inspect the pistons



They were saying they couldnt have damaged the pistons due to the way they grind them, which means it could have been done at accralite.

NO DAMAGE at all has been done to the pistons while IN the engine, pistons were damaged/machined wrong at some point before going in the block.

Still SOME progress is GOOD progress.

PaulCossie

Sorry to hear about the engine, hope it gets sorted

Garage19

All depends where/how you hold them. Perfectly acceptable to machine pistons in a lathe. After all how do you think you machine bowls into pistons which is usually preferable to just skimming the tops off?

Stu.H

Also, not gonna let this hinder the build, as we speak, a set of Arias pistons are being sourced for installation

carlo

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Good on you mate hope it goes well for you good luck

bigad4x4

Thats the ticket stu

Martinshuter

stu,

keep your faith mate, you have an awesome car there and it will be well worth it mate. it wil lbe an animal when karl has finished with it

CliffRS4

iTrader: (1)

Hope you have some luck Stu. Top motor

The Sludge

stu mate you really deserve a change of fortune with this motor dude. Sounded so nice other week as well

Munch

all the best with it now mate

Stu.H

Thanks for all the comments, will try and keep my chin up

Shings

Somet I couldn't do mate... fair play.

Jake

Stu.H

You would