Well call me mystic meg the *&^%$£"£$%^&*&^^&$R&* car

[t5 pete]

Ever since ive had the t5 every times its been off the road for 6 months or more some thing has gone wrong with it and i knew it would happen again this time just had that bad feeling.
Well took the t5 for its mot today after its been off the road for well over a year all went well and the car sailed through with no porblems what so ever great i thought went and put some tax on it and thought ill give it a nice steady run up to the petrol station put £90 of the best in her and off i went running lovley i though ill take it nice and easy for 10-20 mile let every thing pad back in and cercaluate after that i thought ill set the boost controller to a low setting just above standard all went fine no problems then put it to the next step which is 15-16psi fine in second so got to 40 and tryed 3rd built find then coughed and splutted i was watching the boost gauge it hit hit 19psi so back off and pulled up and geuss what tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap yep so most likley will have done a rod it does sound to be from the top but i geuss the noise can travel up wards.
So after £40 mot £122 tax £90 of juice im back to square one.
Choices
1 strip the engine find the problem and then rebuild with new rods shells etc maybe pistons depending on there condition £1300
2 Break the chuffing thing up and go back to the 240 which has never been a bit of bother and be well off from the parts money off the t5.

I very much doubt the second choice will ever happen ive worked way to hard to buy the t5 10yrs ago on a apprentices wage then all the time money and effort ive put into her.

So next question where the best place to get rods from they must have the cut backs for the shells to locate like the one in the pic
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/cr-5pc3_zps4ff80cd2.jpg

[nottsgreent5]

There is a set of new ths rods on ebay at the mo 200 starting bid mite be a bargain

[t5 pete]

Yeah seen them there the wrong length and also dont come with the cut backs for the shells

[T5frankie]

Sorry to hear that mate, bet it sounds like mine, how bad is it? If it's tappy rather than knocking it will quiet down to use in the meantime till you get the new engine

[t5 pete]

Sorry to hear that mate, bet it sounds like mine, how bad is it? If it's tappy rather than knocking it will quiet down to use in the meantime till you get the new engine

Cheers buddy yeah its just very tappy think ill go collect the other engine out of donnas c70 i broke and swap it over for the time being and strip myne down and rebuild it over a couple of months just need to find out now why it spiked weather theres a problem with the electric boost controller or some thing else its a shame as before i took it off the road it run lovley at 20 psi never had any problems or spikes and the annoying thing is it didnt even touch 20 psi when this happend

[T5frankie]

Cheers buddy yeah its just very tappy think ill go collect the other engine out of donnas c70 i broke and swap it over for the time being and strip myne down and rebuild it over a couple of months just need to find out now why it spiked weather theres a problem with the electric boost controller or some thing else its a shame as before i took it off the road it run lovley at 20 psi never had any problems or spikes and the annoying thing is it didnt even touch 20 psi when this happend

ive ran an engine at 22psi for months but yet in a different engine it has happened as soon as ive tried to run that boost, its probably cos you're car aint been used for so long that it did happen

[WOODY T5]

Sorry to here that Pete could of over boost from the cold air Wots your peak boost set @ on the boost controll

[claymore]

Yep, these engines seem to vary from one car to another, I've tried everything to bend the rods in mine, with no success.

[V70 Graham]

Ouch, bad luck mate, hope you get hold of some new rods easily enough.

[danny-R]

Were them rods you got off me no good?

[t5 pete]

Sorry to here that Pete could of over boost from the cold air Wots your peak boost set @ on the boost controll

Hey dean i think the boost limiter is set at 22psi peak god knows what happend the boost did come in very quick but was at a decent rpm never mind will drop the engine tomorrow and collect the other one ready to fit on sunday then strip myne and find the fault and repair.

[t5 pete]

Were them rods you got off me no good?

Ended up selling them as i needed the money at the time also there seems to be two types of rods one with cut back's for the shells to rest in and the other with none which was the cause of the shells spinning in yours.

[t5 pete]

Fingers crossed Going to swap another engine in for the mean time one sunday and then will pull this engine appart to see what i can find

[smithy]

Sorry to here that mate

[Al115]

That is annoying as...

Sorry to hear it. Good luck with the rebuild.

[LiamT4]

Sounds like its not been a good few days for some volvos.

I hope you keep it, i don't seen many (if any) in that colour.

[t5 pete]

Sounds like its not been a good few days for some volvos.

I hope you keep it, i don't seen many (if any) in that colour.

Dont worrie i wont break it tbh i havent seen any in this colour yeah been reading theres a few t5's on here with problems

[danny-R]

Thanks Pete you could just be right there.

[shepbomb]

Pete do u want me to come round Sunday and waffle §§§§e, pass u the wrong size spanners and be general pest

[t5 pete]

lol your more than welcome dude

[Volvostorm]

Ended up selling them as i needed the money at the time also there seems to be two types of rods one with cut back's for the shells to rest in and the other with none which was the cause of the shells spinning in yours.

Thats got me worried now, I can't remember if mine has the cut-outs or not, I'm sure they have! :scared:

[t5 pete]

Thats got me worried now, I can't remember if mine has the cut-outs or not, I'm sure they have! :scared:

I would have though they all should have but seems not

[t5 pete]

Gunner drop the engine tomorrow so await up date

[t5 pete]

Now you see it
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0935_zpsd7f2ca94.jpg
Now you dont
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0938_zpsaf962302.jpg
Picked new engine up
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0937_zps6f26ae15.jpg
Old engine

http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0941_zps8ab06068.jpg
Sump off old engine to replace cracked one on the new engine
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0942_zps141ace8d.jpg

And the damage not a very good picture but a bent rod on number one as you can see at the top where is joins to the piston its fully over to the right hand side as is knocking on the crank
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0943_zpse909dfb4.jpg

[p fandango]

only bent 1 poor effort, C- must try harder

[t5 pete]

Thats the first one i looked at will inspect further later

[Jamest5r]

Fair play to you mate top days work there, i remember taking the sump off a block once.......how many effing bolts lol

[T5frankie]

come and do mine now if you like?

[t5 pete]

gunner get building it back up sunday and hope fully get the engine back in place got quite a few things to put on the other engine now

[Dangerous Dave]

Sump off old engine to replace cracked one on the new engine

I cracked the sump on my spare engine, the engine bounced in the trailer in the last 50 yards to my house D'oh.

Good luck with it matey :)

[smithy]

Now you see it
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0935_zpsd7f2ca94.jpg
Now you dont
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0938_zpsaf962302.jpg
Picked new engine up
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0937_zps6f26ae15.jpg
Old engine

http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0941_zps8ab06068.jpg
Sump off old engine to replace cracked one on the new engine
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0942_zps141ace8d.jpg

And the damage not a very good picture but a bent rod on number one as you can see at the top where is joins to the piston its fully over to the right hand side as is knocking on the crank
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0943_zpse909dfb4.jpg

I bet they are all bent mate now take it easy with the new engine till you have put some h beams rods in your other engine .

[t5 pete]

I bet they are all bent mate now take it easy with the new engine till you have put some h beams rods in your other engine .

Oh yes will deff be taking it easy once its all back together and setting the boost low ish, ill get the old engine on the stand and have a good strip down and inspect then will start rebuilding from there and can inspect weather i the original con rods on that engine has the locating cuts or not.
Once its all back together got to take the car to have a new straight pipe made up for the new down pipe and cat to join to the exhaust so will be late next week hopefully before i get to take it for a run.

[smithy]

Oh yes will deff be taking it easy once its all back together and setting the boost low ish, ill get the old engine on the stand and have a good strip down and inspect then will start rebuilding from there and can inspect weather i the original con rods on that engine has the locating cuts or not.
Once its all back together got to take the car to have a new straight pipe made up for the new down pipe and cat to join to the exhaust so will be late next week hopefully before i get to take it for a run.

Sounds good mate but I would still do the turbo like I said

[t5 pete]

Sounds good mate but I would still do the turbo like I said

Yep but rods first lol

[t5 pete]

Up date time
ready for new sump one that doesnt have a hole in it
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0945_zpse8848c8c.jpg
Bolted up
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0946_zpsc4cada91.jpg
Nice new 850 r clutch
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0951_zps5df2ecd4.jpg
fitted
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0952_zps0c5147bb.jpg
Build up time
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0953_zps2055bc92.jpg
Ready to lower onto sub frame
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0954_zps18c99539.jpg
And its in
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0957_zps3b63a633.jpg
just got all wireing to do now and inlet manifold top up fluids etc

[The Flying Moose]

Really glad you have it pretty much sorted now Pete... although you could have cleaned the rocker cover!!! ;)

It would appear its a really naff time for the 850's at the moment, still have mine to sort too.

I look forward to hearing you shout "ITS FINISHED!"

[T5frankie]

good job mate and in record time

[t5 pete]

Really glad you have it pretty much sorted now Pete... although you could have cleaned the rocker cover!!! ;)

It would appear its a really naff time for the 850's at the moment, still have mine to sort too.

I look forward to hearing you shout "ITS FINISHED!"


Ive gone past the point of caring how clean it is just as long as it does the job also a bit of heat on it will clean it up
Fingers crossed should be ready tomorrow

[t5 pete]

Just done a quick pressure test of the intercooler pipe work had a nice leak on the join to the manifold, all done up now and holding pressure

[merc85]

Well done pete looking good bud :)

[t5 pete]

good job mate and in record time

Yeah not been bad should be about 2 1/2 days in total would have probley got it done today if it wernt for messing around with the sump

[t5 pete]

Well done pete looking good bud :)

Cheers bud looking forward to using it again last time it lasted 25miles lol

[t5 pete]

ALL FINSIHED gave it two good cold cranks over with coil lead off then connected coil lead and it fired as soon as the key hit position 3 runs very smooth and i finally have a engine that doesnt smoke i quite miss it tho as ive had the smoking issue for over 6 yrs now and miss seeing it.
The new clutch is awesome so smooth going to give it a good run out at the week end and will start stripping the old engine tomorrow

[Jamest5r]

Nice job mate, got to love having a ramp in your back garden :)

You got rods for the rebuild?

[t5 pete]

Nice job mate, got to love having a ramp in your back garden :)

You got rods for the rebuild?

Just on with it now dude been sent pic of them so just need to take the bottom cover off my spare engine tomorrow to see if i have shells with the locator tabs or not are they the same rods as yours

[Jamest5r]

Just on with it now dude been sent pic of them so just need to take the bottom cover off my spare engine tomorrow to see if i have shells with the locator tabs or not are they the same rods as yours


Yep

[t5 pete]

cool

[Jamest5r]

Never heard of any problems with them and they have been around for a good while now.

[t5 pete]

Old engine ready for fun and games
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0962_zps97cc4d64.jpg

[smithy]

Weldone mate

[The Flying Moose]

So glad its all sorted Pete. Perhaps it was fate?

You always did say that engine seemed "slower" than other T5's. Now you have a chance to test that theory.

Take it easy mate.

[t5 pete]

Well had a little look around and also so finally find out weather the original shells in the rods used cut backs to rest in place
first a little damage on the crank thats where the top of the rod has been hitting it
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0968_zps59e2bee9.jpg
Shell cap
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0969_zpsbb252b92.jpg
The shell cap does have a tiny cut back but it isnt uses as the shells down have any notches to sit in them
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0970_zpsf5887d6a.jpg
And the shells they has no wear on them at 145k
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0971_zps88875d05.jpg
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0972_zpsb2762693.jpg
So next job buy the rods then take the crank to be reground and balanced with new shells made up at the machine shop
And my other project soon to start
http://i595.photobucket.com/albums/tt39/t5pete/IMAG0976_zpsc4d00dce.jpg