removing metro turbo engine??
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hi im gonig to be removing my metro turbo engine from ym mini this weekend for the first time, i have been told its easyer to take the subframe off and do it that way can some1 give me step by step instructions of how to do this??

cheers
andy

no leave the subfame approach!

this is the wrong way to go about it

remove the engine from the top with the subby left alone

Yes Ben is right. Removing the subframe is just creating extra work and ballache for you! It will come out the top steady away!

Just go for it , unbolt whatever you can see thats holding it in, thats how i learnt! it didnt take that long either

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Get a haynes manual, will give you step by step guide for removal

Drain the oil & water first!

Edited by Rob H on 23rd May, 2006.

haha thats one thing i didnt do the first time! was fun when the driveshafts came out!

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

first time i took an engine out it took my 2 hrs to remove the roll pin in the gear linkage i didnt relise it was tapered !!!

It isn't tapered! It is a parallel roll pin! Or at least that is what it SHOULD be!

see thats why i bought a new one :)

lol! Whoever *removed* my metro turbo engine was in a hurry, they angle grinded the selector shaft in half which is bit crap, lucky my n/a engine has a new one then

With regards to taking engine out, leave the subframe in and go for the engine out the gap routine. Like feeble said unbolt anything you can see holding the engine in and hoik it out!!! I read the haynes first and drained the oil, removed the rad then just went apeshit and just unbolted anything i could see and it came out haha!

Rich

Edited by richminiturbo. on 24th May, 2006.

lol! Whoever *removed* my metro turbo engine was in a hurry, the angle grinded the selector shaft in half which is bit crap, lucky my n/a engine has a new rod then

With regards to taking engine out, leave the subframe in and go for the engine out the gap routine. Like feeble said unbolt anything you can see holding the engine in and hoik it out!!! I read the haynes first and drained the oil, removed the rad then just went apeshit and just unbolted anything i could see and it came out haha!

Rich

im gonig to buy a haynes manual but witch 1 do i get (may be a stupid qustion) do i get the metro 1 as the engines a metro or a mini 1?

andy

First remove all he ancillaries - turbo, gear linkage etc. Drop the exhaust - something less to bump into... disconnect the engine earth wire, engine mounts and pull the engine out.

I donated, but somehow didn't get the label! :(

get both haynes manuals if i were you... the mini ones the one you need, but a metro one is never a bad thing to have as it will have the turbo related bits..... best place to buy them is not ebay, but charity shops... expect to pay no more than a couple of quid for each!... then when they get dirty and covered in oil, recycle em and get a new one...... :)

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

engine out took about a day was a bit of a pig as never done it before. now need to clean the engine bay up.

Nice one, good luck!