Sudden loss of oil pressure

[Eldavo]

Chas - removed the cycling valve today, I'll just put some insulating tape over the connector and tuck it out of the way. I was going to remove the bracket too before noticing the gasket and deciding to leave well alone.

Removed three of the four bolts connecting the cross-over pipe to the turbo, left the last one for when the car is on the lift as it's easier to get to from underneath - came off relatively easily all things considered.

Will get the front ARB off next week, get it polybushed and clean up and paint the brackets.

 

[Frenchy]

OOPs little Angel Dave ! send my regards tu your missus and your car !

 

[Eldavo]

£40's worth of powder coat and £7.99 on some engine paint

 

[Eldavo]

Right - have got just about everything together now and the garage are doing the work with me on Tuesday. Lindsay racing sump baffle going in, new rod bearings, oil pickup support bracket, etc, etc.

ARB bushes were shot too so got a set of Flo-Flex Polybushes on - I used them on my last car and was impressed so it seemed a no-brainer.

 

[edh]

I've got those bushes to go on - just painted my ARB

did you need a press to get the outer bushes in?

 

[Eldavo]

I used a length of threaded bar with a nut on either end and then the metal disks inside those. Sprayed WD40 on liberally, guided the bushes in straight-ish and used a G-clamp to squeeze it where necessary and a screwdriver to fold it in.

Typically the first one was pretty easy and the second was a bit sweary - getting the bush as straight as possible at the beginning is the key.

 

[Frenchy]

Need to have the bush square on Dave to aid penetration IMO []
Lots of lube BTW []

 

[Eldavo]

Today was cracking on day, quickly looked like this:

With lots of bits being removed along the way:

Before finally ending up here:

All because of this:

Stopped there as the sump has gone round the corner to have a lindsey racing baffle fitted and a support bracket for the new oil pickup tube. And then the fun of putting it all back together - well, watching and "assisting".

 

[Frenchy]

Soon be up and running Dave.

 

[Eldavo]

Will be back on the road either at the end of this week or next

 

[Eldavo]

Baffling:

Also had the lindsey pickup ring welded on to limit pickup of oil foam.

All going back together tomorrow

 

[Eldavo]

Well, everything under the car has been put back together, missing bolts replaced and the wrong bolts replaced with the right ones here and there. Pretty much everything has been checked and adjusted where necessary and here is Blue fastening the last of the crossover pipe bolts up:

Just the manifold and fuel rail to refit and then it's done, the car will be better and stronger than before and the total bill is remarkably reasonable all things considered. Just a shame I'm full of busy and then away with work next week otherwise I'd be out on a dawn raid this Sunday

 

[Eldavo]

Well, nearly there - hopefully should be ready for the PCGB monthly meeting on Wednesday.

Just the last few things to assemble under the bonnet and then fill with oil and coolant, prime the oil system, cross my fingers and turn the key.

 

[944 man]

The inlet manifold make the top of the engine look crap now. I believe that an afternoon with a bottle of Polytrol will make it look like new. Ken would be the fellow to talk to about this, as I haven't ever used it. It should make the bare alloy look like new, though.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: Eldavo

This picture confuses me. I am guessing that the panel attached to the hinge (!) and welded in at the corners is the baffle you speak of, but I am confused by the thing that looks like a tie rod end poking in from the side. What is that?


Oli.

 

[robwright]

That's the oil level sensor.

 

[Eldavo]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

The inlet manifold make the top of the engine look crap now. I believe that an afternoon with a bottle of Polytrol will make it look like new. Ken would be the fellow to talk to about this, as I haven't ever used it. It should make the bare alloy look like new, though.

I have some Polytrol here for the plastic parts and will be attending to the other bits soon. The belts need doing this winter so I'm going to have the cam tower off and get it coated/painted too but until then it will have to sit in the shade of the shiny inlet manifold.

 

[Eldavo]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

ORIGINAL: Eldavo

This picture confuses me. I am guessing that the panel attached to the hinge (!) and welded in at the corners is the baffle you speak of, but I am confused by the thing that looks like a tie rod end poking in from the side. What is that?


Oli.

Yes Oli, the hinged panel is the baffle, a little confusing as it sits on the car the opposite way around. When turning left it stops the oil from swishing up the right of the pan away from the pickup. When turning right, the hinge opens and let's the oil through easily. It's not designed to be water (oil) tight and not really necessary on a road car at all. But as I run sticky tyres and do a fair few track days it seemed a no-brainier to install at the same time.

As Rob said, the tie rod is not the result of an over-exuberant cornering catastrophe but the fantastically large and "German" oil level sensor.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: Eldavo
As Rob said, the tie rod is not the result of an over-exuberant cornering catastrophe but the fantastically large and "German" oil level sensor.

Interesting, thanks very much. Howe does it work? I always imagined it would be a float on the end of a stick, but that looks that I was wrong.


Oli.

 

[Eldavo]

The angle doesn't show it that clearly but the end bit is maybe a couple of inches high and the float bit has some vertical movement in it so it probably works exactly as you imagine.