Engine video, dont think its right.
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Right managed to get my engine back but without all my other bits ive brought, but not sure if its ok or not, here a quick video of it straight after we got it outside the unit it was built at:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa260/r...et/24df9385.mp4

Correct me if im wrong but shouldnt the crack turn over By hand, and shouldnt all the bigends be the same. As 2 are solid and 2 are loose. We questioned it but he said itl be ok anf left it at that, i however am not convinced...

Any advice please?

It staring to stress me out majorly this whole project.

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Edited by Rick.SPI on 5th Sep, 2011.

Video?

However from what you have said, sounds like someone has sold you a sack of shite!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Also ive been charged for peened rods, not sure wgat they look like but to me these just look like theyve had a quick sand blasting to clean them up? What do peened rods look like.

Ive changed the vid link should work now john.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 5th Sep, 2011.

Which rods are locked? could they be in 180 degrees out?

An engine that won't turn at all is not good, as a fresh build it will be tight, but shouldn't be locked.

Edited by minimole23 on 5th Sep, 2011.

I really dont know, dont know anything about engine building, dont wanna take it apart either because then it could be put down to me messing with it and could affect any chances of mr getting the money back for that aswell.

Who built it?

...erm i wont announce it yet because i wanna get hold of the bits they owe me before i expose them fully... I think most people on here know who from my thread anyway.

Looks OK to me. The movement is side to side on the rod. As long as there is no up and down movement it is OK.
As for turning it, I would not expect to shift it by hand due to the friction of rings on the bores. You should be able to turn it easily with a spanner on the crank bolt, oil the rings first.

are the rods in the right way around, as they are offset?

one day boost will be mine!

Thanks tom ill give that a try.

Not sure wez, i dont know alot about engines to be fair. Just wanted to check from a few others

Try a screwdriver in the end of the crank see if it will turn over.

Audi s4 b5 - 470bhp & 486ft lbs

On 30th Apr, 2012 Brett said:
yeah stick the bit in and give it a wobble

Right turned to over with the screwdriver method (well upgraded to a bigger spanner for more leverage) as i dont have the pulley bolt to hand. And managed to turn it a quarter o the way round, couldnt turn it anymore, thats wit my old man holding it and me giving the beans anf tring to spin it.

And on the penned rods... Do these loom penned to you as i would hae thought if it got rid of the rougher bits like these rough bits from machining? :



Heres what the inside of the block looks like (loose old paint ready to go round the engine when its run up):



Very Slight corrosion in a few of the bored:




then a few metal filings and dirt here and there (bearing in mind i have ha this stored in my garage where no metal work is done and has been covered from when we picked it up from the unit in 3 heavy duty plastic bags on an empty shelf)







And although its something i could have done when youve spent alot of money ud exepct a fresh coat of paint On the outside, especially as i was asked what color i wanted it. So i need a whole new set of core plugs to paint it properly.



4 grand well spent, no head, no gearbox just old castings given back to me.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 6th Sep, 2011.

make sure the engine can breath where the deck is. ie leave it the way you had it in the vid but put it on some wooden blocks so that the pistons dont create any suction to prevent you turning it over.

It wad turned over when we did it on its side for that reason.

What have they done to the coolant ports in the head mating face? Attempted to dry deck it?

what have you paid £4k for??? is it my eyes or the picture, but that con rod doesn't look straight.

Edited by wez on 6th Sep, 2011.

one day boost will be mine!

4K!!!

From what I can see I'd worry a bit more about it being built right rather than about a new set of core plugs to paint it properly...

So who was it ???

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

4k was for lots of bit including a head loadsa turbo bits etcetc, just didnt get any of it i got a few odd bits and this, its an ongoing thing, buts hes claiming i havnt payed despite me having proof at my end, among other major problems with his service, im building a portfolio of it all and have signed sheets of what i havnt got to use in the court if it comes to it. Long story short ive been done over.

Edited by Rick.SPI on 6th Sep, 2011.

Ap i blocked the waterways on the block under his guidance a long time before it was built, i asked wether to use brass but he said dont.

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

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Dontknow mate i reallt dont theyre tapped with steel plus (cut off bolts)