I Blew My Engine, See What I'm Doing About It (teardown and build thread)
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I found out why the last engine blew....the waterpump is leaking. Gotta replace it...dunno why I decided against swapping mine over with a new gasket, but it serves me right. Oh well. Everything else is done, only puts me back a day.
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Engine out, changed the timing belt and you didn't change the water pump. Doh! Even Guru's screw up.
I've got a bunch of heavy duty twisty ties you can have, if you decide zips aren't pissing Philip off enough.
Thanks for the shot of the flexi coolant hose. Looks like a great idea and an inexpensive solution. I wonder who FM got the idea from?
I've got a bunch of heavy duty twisty ties you can have, if you decide zips aren't pissing Philip off enough.
Thanks for the shot of the flexi coolant hose. Looks like a great idea and an inexpensive solution. I wonder who FM got the idea from?
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Thanks for the shot of the flexi coolant hose. Looks like a great idea and an inexpensive solution. I wonder who FM got the idea from?
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yep, bastard gaskest!
it started leaking more once i pulled that firt bolt you see...but it was obvious before that it was leaking like a champ.
it started leaking more once i pulled that firt bolt you see...but it was obvious before that it was leaking like a champ.
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It's done. Gotta clamp down better on one of the heater hoses, but other than that it's idling. Needs a better tune with MegaSquirt, I guess having a shitty block makes you have to tune accordingly.
compression: 187 | 182 | 183 | 185
compression: 187 | 182 | 183 | 185
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aw, give me a break already. i didn't weld it, and if i did, it would look just as bad. Don't really care.
it's running again and has cool miataturbo.net stickers all over it.
it's running again and has cool miataturbo.net stickers all over it.