22-04-2012, 03:43 PM
Right good and bad news. Good news is the car is running. Started first flick of the key and it runs really nicely. Revs a lot better as well.
Bad news is I haven't driven it yet due to the chronic blue smoke pouring out of the exhaust. Thankfully at the moment it doesn't look like seals but it is hopefully oil in the manifold.
Basically I let my catch tank over flow into the manifold. When I removed the manifold to store it, I stored it up side down meaning oil ran down the plenums. On closer inspection, the manifold was full of oil (and I mean, like puddles in the bottom of it!).
Luckily when looking down the ports, all of them are oily and only the bottoms of the valves are oily. And what's the chances of having 8 bad guide seals?!
So tomorrow when the manifolds dried out, will refit that and see how it runs then. Hopefully it will be ok but if not, head off again
Bad news is I haven't driven it yet due to the chronic blue smoke pouring out of the exhaust. Thankfully at the moment it doesn't look like seals but it is hopefully oil in the manifold.
Basically I let my catch tank over flow into the manifold. When I removed the manifold to store it, I stored it up side down meaning oil ran down the plenums. On closer inspection, the manifold was full of oil (and I mean, like puddles in the bottom of it!).
Luckily when looking down the ports, all of them are oily and only the bottoms of the valves are oily. And what's the chances of having 8 bad guide seals?!
So tomorrow when the manifolds dried out, will refit that and see how it runs then. Hopefully it will be ok but if not, head off again
Team Eaton
1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft
1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft