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Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:28 am

Oh no! Gutted for you man

I know that feeling all too well.

Have you dumped the oil out yet to check it for shrapnel?

Are any of your other engines worthy of being transplanted?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:15 am

wasnt this sorted at PAW?

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:36 am

Bummer

Look for the sliver lining, at least you have the chance to get that H22a5 out of there.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:55 am

Mills, out of interest what oil were you running?

mills · Post by **mills** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:05 am

NafemanNathan wrote:Oh no! Gutted for you man I know that feeling all too well.

Have you dumped the oil out yet to check it for shrapnel?

Are any of your other engines worthy of being transplanted?

Haven't had chance yet bud. Will be doing some investigating this weekend. From the sound of the engine I would say it's fooked though.

The only other engine I've got is in KAOS, which is back on the road from this morning. Don't really want to rip it apart as it's still a good car that somebody may want, even if just for the shell. Quite high mileage now at 164K.

mercutio wrote:wasnt this sorted at PAW?

Yes bud, but as I used the bottom end from an unknown engine, there was always the chance something was going to go wrong

It was an expensive risk to take unfortunately.

Merlin wrote:Bummer Look for the sliver lining, at least you have the chance to get that H22a5 out of there.

Well it's an A5 head, but everything else is A8, and H22a bottom end. Is there much difference between the a5 and a8 head

And could it be the cause of the failing oil pumps

NafemanNathan wrote:Mills, out of interest what oil were you running?

I think it was some Mobil 5/30 oil that came with the car, this was used after the swap.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:33 pm

Yep, kaos way too good to break...
Sorry to hear of the aggro with this one.

isn't there an a8 being broken ATM, where only the gearbox has been used, so the engine is still available?

mills · Post by **mills** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:56 pm

wurlycorner wrote:Yep, kaos way too good to break...
Sorry to hear of the aggro with this one.
isn't there an a8 being broken ATM, where only the gearbox has been used, so the engine is still available?

Yeah it was @Lankysod07 that was selling that.

Well I've jacked the car up this morning with the intention of dropping the oil to check for any metal, but didn't get that far after seeing this -

Seems to be the reason why the oil was so low after about 1000 miles.

Lankysod07 · Post by **Lankysod07** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 3:40 pm

The engine sold this morning I'm afraid bud. Hope you get it sorted!

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:00 pm

Surprising if a leak like that wasn't immediately obvious on a ramp?

mills · Post by **mills** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:22 pm

The engine was completely dry when it was taken out of the donor, apart from a leak at the cam seal.

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