SEATgod
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Hello All,
I wanted to share with you the build I have going on at the minute and see if anyone is doing a similar thing.
It all started when I was scouring eBay and found a very tidy Leon FR TDI for sale that was very cheap, except he thought it had a seized engine. After chatting with the owner it seems that he recently had it REVO chipped and was of the "rag it and turn it off" brigade.
Unsurprisingly, the turbo didn't like this and sheared the common shaft between the impeller and compressor wheels. This of course filled the intake with oil and whilst the engine was running, caused it to hydraulic.
I collected the car and the engine (already removed), quickly removed the glow plugs and found that it was not sized at all. On disassembly, I found the engine to be in very good condition, with a small amount of wear on the big end bearings and camshaft bearings. I would consider this normal for the ageon protrusion a and mileage.
The piston protrusion across the 4 differed quite vastly (1.43mm) so the engine does need a new set of conrods. I am looking at a set of H Beam rods and ARP rod bolts for the build at the minute rather than fit the brand new stock rods I have.
The cylinder head has been stripped and I have had the valve seats undercut as well as the inlet ports tidied up and flowed on a flowbench by Tim Radley at Race Developments. If anyone has looked down the intake side of a 1.9 pd, they will see a nasty ridge on the run down to the valves. Not anymore! ;-)
I have had the camshaft, crankshaft and gudgeon pins superfinished by Tim as well. If you are unfamiliar with the process, have a read of this: Superfinish!! This process essentially takes out the asperities of the materials and leaves it super smooth, looks cool too.
Everything has been run cleaned and inspected and now its time for the rebuild. So the plans at the minute are (and will change lol):
H Beam Rods
Cylinder Head Flowed and valve seat undercut
ARP Main and Head stud kit
Uprated Bearings, can't decide on Calico or DLC coating atm (hard to find on diesel shells)
EGR valve cut out of housing (smooth stop flap left in), opened up, epoxied and smoothed
Inlet manifold smoothed (the rear engine cover bolt protrudes inside it)
BSH oil catch can
De cat pipe
I am collecting everything from Tim today and will post photos as I rebuild the engine.
Let me know what you guys think!
I wanted to share with you the build I have going on at the minute and see if anyone is doing a similar thing.
It all started when I was scouring eBay and found a very tidy Leon FR TDI for sale that was very cheap, except he thought it had a seized engine. After chatting with the owner it seems that he recently had it REVO chipped and was of the "rag it and turn it off" brigade.
Unsurprisingly, the turbo didn't like this and sheared the common shaft between the impeller and compressor wheels. This of course filled the intake with oil and whilst the engine was running, caused it to hydraulic.
I collected the car and the engine (already removed), quickly removed the glow plugs and found that it was not sized at all. On disassembly, I found the engine to be in very good condition, with a small amount of wear on the big end bearings and camshaft bearings. I would consider this normal for the ageon protrusion a and mileage.
The piston protrusion across the 4 differed quite vastly (1.43mm) so the engine does need a new set of conrods. I am looking at a set of H Beam rods and ARP rod bolts for the build at the minute rather than fit the brand new stock rods I have.
The cylinder head has been stripped and I have had the valve seats undercut as well as the inlet ports tidied up and flowed on a flowbench by Tim Radley at Race Developments. If anyone has looked down the intake side of a 1.9 pd, they will see a nasty ridge on the run down to the valves. Not anymore! ;-)
I have had the camshaft, crankshaft and gudgeon pins superfinished by Tim as well. If you are unfamiliar with the process, have a read of this: Superfinish!! This process essentially takes out the asperities of the materials and leaves it super smooth, looks cool too.
Everything has been run cleaned and inspected and now its time for the rebuild. So the plans at the minute are (and will change lol):
H Beam Rods
Cylinder Head Flowed and valve seat undercut
ARP Main and Head stud kit
Uprated Bearings, can't decide on Calico or DLC coating atm (hard to find on diesel shells)
EGR valve cut out of housing (smooth stop flap left in), opened up, epoxied and smoothed
Inlet manifold smoothed (the rear engine cover bolt protrudes inside it)
BSH oil catch can
De cat pipe
I am collecting everything from Tim today and will post photos as I rebuild the engine.
Let me know what you guys think!
