Hi all
For those who know me I'm ok with engines BUT!!
Right late last year I blew the number 1 piston so Russell rebuilt the engine, this is what he did
replaced the old head with a spare that I had in the shed (the new one had 2 bent valves) the valves from the blown head went in to the new spare head
New piston, rings and conrod with new shells
What had caused it was a combo of the ecu packing up at the same time I was running Nos down the A1 and melted a piston
With the rebuild I replaced the ECU with an Emerald,
RIGHT TO THE PROBLEM:
The ECU is just about set up correctly now
The car has the normal VVC tractor noise on tickover, but now has a more high pitched tapping on top of the usual
This tapping happens up to 2000rpm then disappears either that or sometimes just goes on its own even below 2000rpm, I'm thinking its the lifters on the cams sticking with it being in my shed for so long, I'm I rite with this?????????
Second problem only over 5000 rpm it seems to burn oil, with black soot on the tail pipes and you can smell it in the car, so could this be related to the lifters or stem seals
I've put some winns oil flush in to see if it helps an it has a little with the tapping but not sure on the oil as don't want to rev it too high with it in
But if it is the stem seals can I replace them without taking the head off?????????
any other thoughts would be helpfull as I have to fix this one on a budget of near zero
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