Rebuilding engine

speedjunkie · 01-22-2011, 02:24 PM

This isn't a whole car rebuild so I figured I'd just post this here.

I had the car on the dyno last Saturday and after only the second pull the car died as the rollers were slowing down, and it wouldn't start again. We tried quite a few things and just couldn't get it running again. We tried pull starting it and ended up just ripping off one of the oil coolers. Not happy. So we trailered the car back to C Springs (the dyno was north of Denver) and Thursday night I started pulling the engine.

Progress for the few hours of work Thursday night...

Actually I went back and pulled out the 2-cycle oil reservoir that night too.

Last night I got cranking on it again about 8pm and finished around 1am. I cracked open my exhaust where the DP and MP come together and coolant starting dripping out. Hmmm, I guess the coolant seals are gone. That's what happens with the dyno owner asks you "hey, what's this?" when the temp gauge is reading around 240 or so and the red light is flashing. "Hmmm, I'm not sure, it does say 'water temp' and it's reading 240, what does that mean to you?" I'll never go back there. (I was not in the car by the way). For whatever reason my fans weren't coming on and they were set in the PFC to come on at 85*C I believe. Anyway, I haven't broken the engine apart yet, I'll be doing that today. But here is the progress made last night...

I thought I took more pics than that last night haha. I'll take more pics today and post up what I find.

01-22-2011, 02:24 PM	#1
speedjunkie RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 2,089 Rep Power: 20	Rebuilding engine This isn't a whole car rebuild so I figured I'd just post this here. I had the car on the dyno last Saturday and after only the second pull the car died as the rollers were slowing down, and it wouldn't start again. We tried quite a few things and just couldn't get it running again. We tried pull starting it and ended up just ripping off one of the oil coolers. Not happy. So we trailered the car back to C Springs (the dyno was north of Denver) and Thursday night I started pulling the engine. Progress for the few hours of work Thursday night... Actually I went back and pulled out the 2-cycle oil reservoir that night too. Last night I got cranking on it again about 8pm and finished around 1am. I cracked open my exhaust where the DP and MP come together and coolant starting dripping out. Hmmm, I guess the coolant seals are gone. That's what happens with the dyno owner asks you "hey, what's this?" when the temp gauge is reading around 240 or so and the red light is flashing. "Hmmm, I'm not sure, it does say 'water temp' and it's reading 240, what does that mean to you?" I'll never go back there. (I was not in the car by the way). For whatever reason my fans weren't coming on and they were set in the PFC to come on at 85*C I believe. Anyway, I haven't broken the engine apart yet, I'll be doing that today. But here is the progress made last night... I thought I took more pics than that last night haha. I'll take more pics today and post up what I find.