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Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:53 pm
by Matth93
So I’ve stripped it and it needs a lot of work
it has knackered no1 big end and there is metal filings everywhere also damaging the cams. It could be rebuilt but I think it will be quicker to chuck another in it for now (st170’s seem cheap at the moment) and then rebuild the other one at a later time. I’ll let Kev post up the pics
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:59 pm
by Kegco
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:17 am
by locost220
Dare I ask the reason for the fail.
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:57 am
by Tony B
just catching up on the forum, id heard you had a problem last Sunday and this is bad news, i guess the good news is that there seems to be plenty of ST170s about at the moment on the Bay for just a couple of hundred quid so really not worth rebuilding that one - like Rich, wonder what caused it?
hopefully you'll be sorted soon, i have a couple more possible Sunday outings before mine comes out for a gearbox rebuild!
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:01 am
by andyf
From the earlier post it looks like it swallowed part of the breather
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:36 am
by Matth93
We think it could be caused by the breather breaking up and getting smashed up inside then bits getting pulled through the oil system as it’s never lost oil pressure while out on a run.
Going to pick up another engine tomorrow afternoon so the car should be back out again soon
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:43 am
by locost220
On a good note keV engine removal helped him get me some vital measurement which saves me some work, so every cloud
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:37 pm
by Kegco
locost220 wrote:On a good note keV engine removal helped him get me some vital measurement which saves me some work, so every cloud
No problem Rich
If you want standard measurements I’ll be able to supply them as well
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 1:42 pm
by Kegco
andyf wrote:From the earlier post it looks like it swallowed part of the breather
I think it had a bit of a chew before it swallowed it though
Re: Today’s break down
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2019 2:21 pm
by Kegco
Tony B wrote:just catching up on the forum, id heard you had a problem last Sunday and this is bad news, i guess the good news is that there seems to be plenty of ST170s about at the moment on the Bay for just a couple of hundred quid so really not worth rebuilding that one - like Rich, wonder what caused it?
hopefully you'll be sorted soon, i have a couple more possible Sunday outings before mine comes out for a gearbox rebuild!
Yeah shouldn’t take to long
Did think about getting a black top but not a lot of 2 litres about, a few 1.8’s but st are cheap at the moment, not sure if that’s a good thing though. We will see.
Good luck with gearbox