Catastrophic Engine/turbo failure

[Nealevo]

Niles, gutted for you, i was tempted by these myself a while ago. if it helps i have a decatted downpipe from my R with no oil in. free to you just postage.

[t5steve]

bummer...........hope you get it sorted mate

[Volvostorm]

Really sorry to hear this, I hope the engine is not as badly damaged as it first appears.

[woz]

SORRY to hear it mate. You are known for being one of the helpful ones - youve helped me out before. Hope you get it sorted. Could bits have made their way ointo the engine??Would have thought they would have got stuck on route - in the intercooler etc.
But maybe theres a bit of turbo bouncing up and down in a cylinder somewhere?
Hope not.
Good luck with it.
W

[rikcougar]

Sorry to hear Niles, I know how fastidious you are with your car, I`ve read enough of your threads! I am sure you will have it sorted soon

[Niles]

ok. update.........

Did a pressure test on the compression this morning. All cylinders are ok other that cylinder 2.
1, 174 psi.
2, 145 psi
3, 178 psi
4, 178 psi
5, 189 psi

And bonus time!!!!!...... Started the car this moning and NO tap tap tap. 100% the engine has no bent rod!! Yippee!!!!!

Got given by a mate a spare cylinder head.

Spoke to a few mates with my ideas.

Cylinder 5 is high compression (we think) is due to a little oil in the cylinder.

All the sparks plugs were perfect other that cylinder 5 (bit oily plug).

Cylinder 2 is a bit down on compression BUT....for ages I thought that cylinder 2 had a dodgy tappet/lifter, strong chance its down due to crap in the cylinder on the valve seat or just simply a dicky tappet.
Car starts and idles smooth. No nasty noises but still LOADS of smoke from the exhaust.

Getting the head on Monday. Strip it down, steam clean it. Knife edge the intake ports. flow the rest of the head. Treat it to a valve regrind. Fit new stem seals and all new seals.

Do a quick visual & oil seep test on the pistons to check the rings. when the head comes off we'll fit the new 1 as it has very good chance the gasket is popped.

Relieved the spare turbo I fitted is OK but need a cheap rebuild kit (anyone got 1 they don't need or will flog me super cheap?) and definitely NO bent rod/rods.
Intake system will be cleaned and the exhaust side too.

Should be done by Friday and should run like a dream when its done.

Anyone got a genuine Volvo head gasket going cheap? (JUST the gasket, got all the other bits required for a head swap) Bloody skint at the moment and REALLY don't need even the smallest expense.

When I get cracking on this I'll take loads of pictures and share them with you lot.

Thanks you all for your concern.

In case you missed it. I need a cheap td04 rebuild kit and a genuine Volvo head gasket. (not a whole head kit, just the gasket).

[Volvostorm]

That is a piece of luck, sorry I can't help you with any of your needed bits.

[I want a T5]

Did you try the comp test hot or cold? Maybe worth dropping a little oil in cylinders 1-4 and seeing if the readings equalise before to strip the old head off.

[Niles]

Did you try the comp test hot or cold? Maybe worth dropping a little oil in cylinders 1-4 and seeing if the readings equalise before to strip the old head off.

cold mark. Couldn't run the engine up to warm as it throws so much fog out of the exhaust id have upset the rest of the workshop neighbours. I'll do it again on Monday and warm it up.
It was a very quick test as I was busy the rest of the day with a very nice Silver V70.

[martybelfastt5]

fingers crossed niles,,

[Porcine_Aviator]

Sorry to hear the news.

[Alan M]

Sorry to hear of the problems but the company you bought the parts from has supplied me with parts that were very good quality. These turbos do need balancing though if you change parts and if they are not cleaned properly and torqued properly you will have problems. The housings they offer are CAD or similar profiled then CNC machined so should be okay for use with a well assembled unit. I even think the turbo that Woody on here runs is the one I built and had balanced and that may have been parts from the supplier you used but I machined the housing myself and he has had some great results with that turbo.

[Jim S70R]

Ouch sorry to hear about your engine Niles and she was a fast one too!! Thats good news it's not a bent rod!! Hope you get it sorted soon buddy.

[AndysR]

As I said previously really bad news, hope all goes well with the head swap as it would be a shame if the lower engine was damaged as it is such a good one. Still looks like you've found yourself a good excuse to sort the valve stem oil seals out and some fine fettling upgrades at the same time

[Niles]

quite honestly guys im not that worried. A major inconvenience and certainly a VERY inconvenient financial issue. really don't need it right now. Times were very tough in December, this month is ok but still catching up with stuff.
It will be sorted by this time next week.

The turbo thats on the car is ok. Still very sad that the 19T is well and truly 'on the shelf' until a new 1 turns up (from the seller). I've built up many turbos and never had a problem. Now, my nerves are raw and when the new bits arrive I'm not going to do it.

[shrekblackR]

sh#t dude hope you get sorted pal ,,,,,,i know you will have a great car soon anything i can do just ring buddy

[dalhousie2008]

How's the repair going?

[Al115]

Good luck with it mate.

[Niles]

How's the repair going?

ok thanks. Its a major case of pull off the inlet side of pipes. Clean them. Clean inlet manifold. Swap the ICV as its easier to swap than clean. Flush the intercooler. I'm going to be anal and take the down pipe and exhaust off and clean them too. I'm still going to burn rubbish off after the clean but a lot less. Honestly guys I WOULD be pulled and done for driving it!!!!
I was busy today with a customers ABS woe's. FIXED his.
Cleaning day is tomorrow. should easily be done in a day. Oil will be dropped. Got some thin flushing oil, put that in, run it up, drop it then refill with nice new 10-40.
I got a K&N high flow oil filter from the bay of flea. Really sure I wont notice any difference but I'm assured by a mate whos used them before that they DO allow better oil circulation.
Quite honestly, how you'd know I've no idea.

[JeanPete]

Hello,

Sorry to read this sad story.

Last Summer, I bought at Kinugawa an angled housing for my genuine straight 16T/6 (16T/6 to 16T/7). Then a home-made downpipe based on 3" OBX DP (angled one) was fitted.
I made about 3000 km since this installation. The turbocharger is more noisy, but maybe it's the stainless sound.

Do you think I must tell my mechanic to check it ? (I can only add that the door lever (which is opened/closed by WG) is quite hard to move, as it was internally rusted. I had to adjust WG pressure (finally at genuine 0,12 bar) and had to look several times in this area, so I oiled it several times, but each time the lever was hard to move.)

Thanking you in anticipation, Gentlemen.