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Yeah, people said i shoiuldnt reuse it, but i paid shit loads for it and i never started the engine so thought i would give it a shot, worked fine with no problems and there was no damage to it either when i unbolted the head and swapped it around.

this is just mental how many people are going!!

Yep its really easy to put on the wrong way around, the oil way is easy to miss, i bloody did it lol, oil was pissing out the bottom left corner of the head lol, pain in the ass but was ok when i took it off and swapped around if you have arp head bolts you can also reuse them up to 10 x

Looks like i need to take the head off to see whats going on, I have checked the valves and it seems ok, compression is down to 120 on cylinder 2 and 175 on the other 3. So doesnt look good unless the head gasket is screwed, which i doubt as its a metal athena one. If its anything else which involves me taking the engine out I am gonna break the whole car, I really cant be fucked with it now.

yep done that too

Ill get a video of it later on, will go one of two ways

Yeah i only need to start it for abot 5 secconds, just so i can see if the valve is goosed or not lol ok maybe i will do that :

I need to identify if a valve is fucked on my head and leaking exhaust gasses into the oil ways and not from the rings and via the sump, but i need to be able to look at to see which one its coming from, can i start the engine with the rocker off for a brief moment? Or will i literally get completly covered in oil Or is there an easier way to do it

I couldnt find my compression tester today, will have to have another look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e--XSi3s6d4 Not sure if the video helps or not its difficult to tell, but it sounds rattly as hell. Doesnt sound like a knocking from the sump but its also getting oil vapour and exhaust fumes blowing out of the head breather too. Suggestions?

Ill upload a video of it now..

What the fuck is it with starlets and bad luck, i am getting sick of it!! I was driving home last night casually, lol and yes for a change i wasnt bootng it, but as i was going up a hill i noitced a tappety sound appear which was not there before. Once home and i have had a chance to look, my rocker was lightly covered in oil plus my top end sounds really rattly and i have got lots of exhaust vapour and oil coming out my breather again. Fuck sake!!! It cant be a broken ringland as they are forged, could somthing be fucked in the head to let exhaust gasses into the engine?

on the plus side classic car insurance for this car for me was £120 a year lol

Here you are dude have a read through my guide tells you everything you need to know, aplies to both 4efte and 5e engines. http://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/58187-how-to-build-a-forged-5efte-engine-step-by-step-guide/

i had the same problem, once you rotate the turbo the actuator doesnt fit, and when you fit it on with one bolt the actuator arm isnt parallel with the wastegate arm, this then causes problems dumping excess boost, even with an ebc as it cant physically open the wastegate enough.your gonna need to fabricate a new bracket. you need to make sure 1. the actuator arm is straight with the wastegate arm 2. the actuator can freely move to open and close, if you need more scope to open the wastegate,i packed mine with loads of washers to move the actuator more to the right, you will just need to experiment, but it pissed me off so much i ended up changing to an external mani and wastegate.

hey rbz just beem reading through this the Td04 doesnt suffer from boost creep, the wastegate is really big even using with just a iinternal actuator, if your still getting creep then its down to your actuator, especially as you mention your using an internal one. its probably not opening up fully, how have you hooked it up? you say your ebc isnt controlling the boost, fucked actuator or improperly mounted actuator i would say

Ah i missed out on that!!

Seems to be rare as rocking horse shit this year, but I am after about 3 sessions of track time, any times are good. If i dont get some to take this bloody car on I will go nuts!! PM me!!

Just read through all this, hate cunts like this. There is no way this guy is in hospital, its all a complete farce just to buy time and try and get you off his back, even if he was in hospital he probably went in for an upset tummy because hes such a pussy. Man up Ben and pay the members back, otherwise i'll organise everyone to send a turd in box to your house. I bet your mum would love that, 100 warm fresh turds which you have to sign for ha ha ha.

Dont know if anyone got stuck on the M4 east bound for ages yesterday, but this is why! Bloody lorry was on fire and it set the hill on up too. http://youtu.be/m0BcdB3R1Pw

yeah move it a week dude

if your gonna pay £500 quid for a plug and play why not goto tuning developments and get a fitted emanage blue system mapped to your liking, its the same price, plug and play is good but you wont get any where near the hp gain of a mapped ECU. There thats my free advertising for tuningdevlopments

use a lump hammer on them

ah man i feel for you, how are you getting on any joy?

lol only in Japan!!