engine

Post by **dj biz r** » 10 Mar 2010, 21:14

after lots of greif why do i have something rattling and why have i got what looks like brass fillings in oil? 1.9 dg petrol wbx

Post by **Ian Hulley** » 10 Mar 2010, 23:21

Sounds like you may have end-float issues, check your flywheel pulley is tight. Do you feel a rumbling through the clutch at all ?

Ian.

Post by **dj biz r** » 12 Mar 2010, 09:38

its tight but not torqed as for clutch dunno because cant run it @ the mo i firer her up then whooosh oil bust out the oil filter seal .i have undone release valve cheked spring and checked the other bit seems to move freely i guess a blockage somewhere i will be looking to see if the rod things are seated properly i thought mabe thats the rattling ?

Post by **Ian Hulley** » 12 Mar 2010, 09:57

'Rattling' is common if you haven't run the engine for a while ... the tapetts drain and need to pump up again as the oil pressure pushes the warm oil back in. It sounds like the breather may be blocked or something dramatic wrong though to push oil out of a correctly seated oil filter.

Where-abouts are you ? Sounds like you may need the services of a known-good garage.

BTW if you tried saying please and thank you a few more people may even chip in with advice.

Ian.

Post by **dj biz r** » 12 Mar 2010, 10:40

thank you very much ian your right my language is very dry . manners cost nothing as i tell my kids.the engine had drained down 4/5 weeks sat hanging out bottom of van ,i had aleak ,found a snapped head stud,took piston in sleave out to get @ stud ,then did gaskets had trouble starting again finaly got there run for ten minutes but was on full throttle just to keep it running then pop filter went i assumed ma be i didnt seat filter properly ,fitted another new one the next day same thing happened i think four times now.tapppets are noisy at the mo but also another sound like somethings picking up rattling around ,to explain i thought tappet locking nut had come off but wasnt that sounds like in crankcase but i havn,t been in there.cant afford garage (dont trust em) i havnt had much luck with them in the past .thats just me i,m sure.this engine is a recon done about 400 miles if that im still paying for it.thanks again.

Post by **Ian Hulley** » 12 Mar 2010, 10:48

this engine is a recon done about 400 miles if that im still paying for it.

Take it back to the firm who sold it to you .... simple as ! It will/should be under warranty and they have a duty to make it good.

Good luck, Ian

Post by **dj biz r** » 12 Mar 2010, 10:57

dam good point but they reckon as i have touched the engine iv,e buggerd warranty iv,e reread paperwork cant see what there on about .they sent me a free stud!!.

Post by **Ian Hulley** » 12 Mar 2010, 11:15

Go back and mention trading standards and goods fit for purpose. You may also care to mention that you happen to be a member of a HUGE VW club with 10,000 (very) odd members who will be fascinated to read how their customer service department reacts.

You definately shouldn't have laid a spanner on it though ..... as far as I'm concerned it's their engine untill the waranty runs out.

Ian

Post by **dj biz r** » 12 Mar 2010, 11:27

very good advice ian i shall look into it deeper "not fit for use" .very nice to get such prompt feed back btw

Post by **dj biz r** » 13 Mar 2010, 13:28

i now know what the gold looking fillings are,,i undone rocker shaft and plop the valve seat had snapped i dont suppose a new one just slides in seeings its broke i looked haynes it tells me how to remove assuming it was in one piece i guess this was also cause off my oil problem !i know iv,e been sensibly advissed to take engine back .however i also need to learn,,what a can of worms iv,e opened many thanks in advance

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