28-04-2012, 03:57 PM
Right it's all ready for its first start....again.
Got it all back together and started filling it with water. All started pissing out the back.
Turns out the head bolts actually stick out the bottom of there castings by about a few mm. Any other bolt would of been fine but the one that I bolted in with no spacer went out of its casting and broke into the water pump housing leaving a nice hole for the water to pour from.
Thankfully, when I broke through, the old bolt threaded the casting so I've bunged a core plug in there and liquid metal'd it in. Shouldn't go anywhere or leak but just waiting for the liquid metal to dry before I start it as I don't know what the heat will do to it when it's still wet.
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You can see on the left how the head bolts come through. If you look on the right, you can see the liquid metal on the top of the water pump housing.
Got it all back together and started filling it with water. All started pissing out the back.
Turns out the head bolts actually stick out the bottom of there castings by about a few mm. Any other bolt would of been fine but the one that I bolted in with no spacer went out of its casting and broke into the water pump housing leaving a nice hole for the water to pour from.
Thankfully, when I broke through, the old bolt threaded the casting so I've bunged a core plug in there and liquid metal'd it in. Shouldn't go anywhere or leak but just waiting for the liquid metal to dry before I start it as I don't know what the heat will do to it when it's still wet.
You can see on the left how the head bolts come through. If you look on the right, you can see the liquid metal on the top of the water pump housing.
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1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft
1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft