After the engine I rebuilt developed a smoking habit and had to refit my old engine I`ve be thinking about what to do with the engine.
To overhaul the head, bore out the block, a set of rings and head gasket + bolts I`m looking at around £500 - 600
So when a V70R P1 series 3 engine came up for sale for song I could turn it down.




Had to remove the ME7 cam sensor and fit the 850 cam sensor which fitted with no problems, the only other thing to do is to lock the VVT pulley which I need to get a new pulley manufactured.



I`m in two minds what to do with this engine once I`ve locked the VVT cam,

Option 1.

Clean & paint it then fit it into the car.

Cost - £0

Option 2.

Remove the head, fit my forged rods & shim the liners.

Cost - £150 (head gasket, head bolts and rear main seal)

This is what the plugs look like, the engine has done 90k miles and has been in dry storage for the last 5 years.