prangers Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 i aint been about on here much lately as i have been doin the shows and just been to barcelona with the missus for a little get away, took the car out for a spin today and done the head gasket and seized the engine so i need a new engine now grrrrrrrrrrrr Quote
shelly_star Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 unlucky matt! what did you do? rag it? Thats what dale did to his GT and he blew his.Hope you get it fixed Quote
Ryno Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 accept dales GT is running silly power and un-mapped! soz to hear the news bud! time for a turbo! Quote
prangers Posted June 11, 2006 Author Posted June 11, 2006 nah thought it was a miss fire. kinda ignored it this morning drove it 15 miles. took a look and saw water was low topped up. drove another 15 miles got to mates house running like a bag of shit. turned it off went back 30 mins later and completely fucked water in cylinder 2 and fucked think its seized grrrrrr not happy Quote
prangers Posted June 12, 2006 Author Posted June 12, 2006 been ringing round today and found an engine from a 98 ep91 with 16k miles for £235 all in so just need to find the money now lol Quote
prangers Posted June 12, 2006 Author Posted June 12, 2006 might rent the missus out for a bit lmao Quote
SiCaln Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 make her smile more lol, oh n get outta the car Quote
Guest Enzo Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 bad news bro,this is a perfect opertunity to get a 5efe Quote
Sparky Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 Enzo said: bad news bro,this is a perfect opertunity to get a 5efe<{POST_SNAPBACK}>exactly what i was going to say Hope you get it sorted mate Quote
prangers Posted June 12, 2006 Author Posted June 12, 2006 just gonna do a straight swap keep it for a few months then flog it and get a ep82 me things Quote
prangers Posted June 15, 2006 Author Posted June 15, 2006 RESULT new engine is in and running sweet as a nut. and much nippier than the old one, prob due to it being so new. only took me and a mate 4 and a half hours he he Quote
prangers Posted June 15, 2006 Author Posted June 15, 2006 yeh so am i. it started first time too he he, im well chuffed Quote
scutch0 Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 yeah, changing the 4efe isnt actually that bad a job... ive done it 2/3 times now if you include the 5efhe.did you change the clutch while it was out? Quote
prangers Posted June 15, 2006 Author Posted June 15, 2006 the clutch that came with the new engine was mint. and my old one was shagged lol so thats sorted for a few miles now lol Quote
SiCaln Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 yea glad to hear your car's back among the living Quote
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