Niall's 2000 306 XS A.K.A Craig

[Niall]

Right today got a shit load more done! Not all good though.....

Started this morning by cleaning up the face of the block again and trying to soak up the oil out of cylinder 3

Got the head fitted and all torqued up, new stat fitted, cams fitted back in and all torqued up.
Got the timing pins in the cams but we then realised that when the belt was changed last, it was timed up slightly out! Could explain my emissions issues I've had since owning the car!

Got it all lined up correctly and cams fitted back on, rear covers fitted back on and everything else connected up.

It started pissing it down even through my make shift garage so gave up for the day and set to investigating why it was burning oil so bad.
Valve guides and valve guide seals are completely shot on cylinder 3 to the point where you can move the valves back and forwards about 1-1.5mm! Dont understand how they got so bad so quickly but either way there done!

Jobs for tomorrow are get the belt on, fit the inlet and other little bits, fill it up and then that very nervous first start!