My Olive 854 T-5R

[Uzulins]

Hello, Got my Olive year ago from user Jamesy1234.
Its not Project but some thing what was done with car, repainting, rebuilding, refreshing.
Car is 850 T-5R 1995 Olive green saloon with 200 000 miles on clock.
Got some mods on it:
Blue Injectors,
16T @ 22PSI
ported inlet,
RIP kit,
302 brake discs with good ferodo ds2500 pads,
HLM remap.
Not sure about bhp, think something near 300.

Firs day when i got car.


Refreshing Front


Back


Antirol bar

Wings

Mirrors


Grey frame arround tail lights


Mirror



Cleaning up all mess..



Rear brackets


And here is how she look after refreshing.

[Biff]

Nice to see an 854 t5r!

[Uzulins]

Now have problem with engine, head gasket gone, but so thiny leak that even cant notice, only on full boost Temp guage jumps up.
Car is daily so cant live without her.
Iwe got other engine, and today removed Valve cover, and oil sump, checked all liners looks very solid, engine turns very easy, but it got 200 000 or somthing near that, just woundering, should i change piston rings, and clean valve seats, or i can just swap engine? And how its easier remove engine from car with gearbox or without gearbox?
Cheers.
Here is some pics.




And does somebody know why head and valve cover has different numbers? It should be like that? Cheers.

[Uzulins]

Nice to see an 854 t5r!

Thanks Biff

[Uzulins]

My liners looks like this

Got loads of horizontal little scratches and non vertical. Is it good?
(in pic is not volvo engine, just for example)

[Ettienne]

Is that not the original cross hatching finish from honing, measure the ring gap to check for wear.

[Uzulins]

Is that not the original cross hatching finish from honing, measure the ring gap to check for wear.

Then i should remove head. There is mno way to check that without removing head? Cheers, this engine is with good headgasket.

[Ettienne]

Put a ring down the cylinder, square it off with pushing a piston behind it, the take a feeler gauge to the ring gap and measure it.

[claymore]

Engine was just over 100k miles when Dan had it off me, so nowhere near 200k

[Uzulins]

Engine was just over 100k miles when Dan had it off me, so nowhere near 200k

I bought spare engine, just chacked bearings they look like new.
I will rebuild ''old'' one after when i finish this one.
Colin, this wich is in my 850 has 100k spare one has 200k
You can see engine which is 200k is with torque converter.