Project Deathtrap: Jack's 1.2 Corsa

[Jack]

Took all of the old interior down to the tip!



Random little ****er seatbelt bolt was really ****ing tight! Took about six repetitions of WD40, screw it back in, screw it back out, WD40 to get out. ****ing tight little ****!



Handbrake lever pulled out, cleaned and greased. Might as well do all these little poopy jobs while the weather's good!

Got the last little bits of carpet out. Got the seats out and put the little tabs in the pre-tensioners (cheers Tom! I'd forgotten they were there ). Got most of the rear seatbelts out, but got pissed off with a couple of bolts. A job for another day!

[Jack]

Right, time for some after-dinner mincing on the GSI engine that I picked up. First impressions are that it's a grubby engine that's had a bit of abuse, but nothing we can't salvage.

First problem. Bottom pulley lined up...





Shouldn't they line up too?



And that shouldn't be there! Where has that fallen from?



Ah, it's out of here!



Mmmmmm, chewy!



Apart from the obvious, the rest of the engine appears to be in pretty good shape!



Lovely and clean and no obvious wear.



Nice!



Spot the obvious problem?



Extreeeeeeeme close up! Woooooooooooooaaaaaaaaahh!!



Mashed.



They look a lot better with the dirt cleaned off!







Some very slight bore damage! You can barely feel it. In fact, if you didn't know it was there, I don't think you would feel it. Initial thoughts are to forget we've seen the mark and just replace all the valves.



Awesome!



All packed away again.

[Jack]

Originally Posted by Jack

First problem. Bottom pulley lined up...

Just checked, we've got it lined up with the wrong marker in the photo, but we checked it against both.

[chrisscirocco]

looks like its missed a few services lol,, was the head gasket on the way out?
looks as if it`ll go back ytogether nicely with a few new bits though

[Jack]

No idea about the head gasket, but it certainly looks a bit unloved.

[tommychimp]

Looks ok apart from the obvious bits, out of interest what was the oil like? It's usually a good indicator to the condition of the engine.

[Steve!]

Originally Posted by tommychimp

Looks ok apart from the obvious bits, out of interest what was the oil like? It's usually a good indicator to the condition of the engine.

black no doubt

[Jack]

Originally Posted by tommychimp

Looks ok apart from the obvious bits, out of interest what was the oil like? It's usually a good indicator to the condition of the engine.

We've not drained it yet, but the oil I've seen so far has been black but still consistently runny. There's no big lumps or anything floating about in it!

[tommychimp]

Mind you last time i saw it half of the oil was blown over the engine bay which probably means that it was regularly topped up, so the oil would be fairly new.

[Gaz86]

where did you get that lump from, congrats to whoever bust it never seen one with so little damage, they usually go in spectacular form.

[Jack]

Originally Posted by GBE86

where did you get that lump from, congrats to whoever bust it never seen one with so little damage, they usually go in spectacular form.

It's Chav's old engine out of his white GSI!

[chris_16v]

loving the thread, get the engine done mate, the damage isn't too bad

[ad4mb1nns]

need any spare parts then?

[Jack]

Originally Posted by ad4mb1nns

need any spare parts then?

Only a million valves.

[Fow16v]

nice and black in there, shame about the bores is it just the one? if you know the engine from before how badly did it smoke if at all? that one valve looks a bit really fooked, pain in the ass to get out like that as the valve spring compressor dont sit straight on there. id say you will need valve guides too as they will be cracked. i have rebuilt one before tho without renewing them as it was just a cheap runabout and it was fine

[Jack]

Just the one bore, but it looks far worse on photos than it actually is.

It didn't smoke at all, to my knowledge. It had a bit of abuse, but you'd be hard pushed to buy a second-hand engine that hadn't!

Yeah, we'll do the valves and guides, although I'm still tempted to try and find a C16XE head with bigger valves...

[Jack]

Just PM'd Stu_22 on CS about a sexy Mantzel-style manifold.

[alistairolsen]

So glad you didnt choose to use the really expensive xe in the end, this must be saving you a fortune!

[Jack]

[Gaz86]

[Rubix_Cube]

[alistairolsen]

can I also have a huge WTF at the state of the chambers, how the hell has a fuel injected engine run so ****ing badly to coke everything up to that extent! TBH I wouldnt be trusting the guides, seats or lifters now so Id be looking for a good complete head.

Given that youre still unsure about the ecu etc that too, so at this point in the project Id personally still bin that POS and get an xe

[Jack]

Originally Posted by alistairolsen

can I also have a huge WTF at the state of the chambers, how the hell has a fuel injected engine run so ****ing badly to coke everything up to that extent! TBH I wouldnt be trusting the guides, seats or lifters now so Id be looking for a good complete head.

Given that youre still unsure about the ecu etc that too, so at this point in the project Id personally still bin that POS and get an xe

It's actually the head gasket that flaked apart and broke up as we took the head off. A quick clean made it look beautiful!

A good, complete head would be the easiest solution. ECU isn't a problem either any more, as we have the original sensor ring and key from the car.

[Jack]

Just rang Vauxhall, valves are £30.37 each and guides aren't listed.

Or I can get all 8 for £20 non-genuine.

[DaveB]

www.autovaux.com MIG discount aswell