mk3 ibiza cupra......ko3 to ko3s to BT now HYBRID ko3

[turboholic]

hi all. just a small update.......

just spent a couple of hours on the car tonight. managed to unbolt the driveshafts, remove all the wiring and coolant hoses, removed power steering front pipe and reservior. just got to disconnect the other pas pipe and then its ready to come out hope to remove the engine and box this weekend if the weather is ok. then will be taking it to my work and start stripping it all down.

 

[turboholic]

well the weather seemed to be ok today so i cracked on with removing the engine and gearbox! borrowed an engine crane from work and got it set up and hooked onto the engine and box. removed the front subframe and then the two rear mounts and out it came (although the n/s driveshaft seemed to be seized onto the gearbox!) couple of taps with the hammer and off it came. then started stripping down the exterior or the engine and got it down to its bare self (apart from the oil filter housing as didnt have a socket big enough to remove the cooler). will be taking the engine down to work on monday and start to strip it down. still need to buy an engine stand though!! looks like i will have to buy one new

how it stands at the moment as got nowhere at home to store it

comments welcome

 

[chaazza]

Look the same as mine now mate good work there I'm currently studying my haynes on the engine

 

[turboholic]

think i need to get myself a haynes manual. are you using a mk4 golf one? had any problems with yours yet??

 

[chaazza]

No problems as of yet
Yea its a golf bora one number 4169

 

[turboholic]

cheers mate. will have to go get one asap

 

[chaazza]

Yea will help a lot mate have you come upon any problems yet mate

 

[turboholic]

no problems yet (apart from the odd bolt snapping whilst taking the front end of the car off). fingers crossed everything will go to plan!

 

[chaazza]

Have you rebuilt a engine before then

 

[turboholic]

yeh i've rebuilt engines before but not done a 1.8t yet. think they're suppose to be quite an easier engine to build so looking forward to do it. have you?

 

[chaazza]

Nope never re-built any engine before but I'm pretty hands on any way so hopefully all go well

 

[Scott-o]

Hats off to you mate, would love to do the same with my mk4 but dont have the balls! Unfortunately dont have the money to pay someone to take the engine out for me either haha

will be watching this closely!

 

[turboholic]

cheers Scott-o

update time:

spent a few hours on the engine tonight. bought a stand off the bay, got it set up and mounted my engine to it. so i removed the head, sump, pistons and rods, oil pump for now. also finished lapping the inlet valves in on my agu head but cant find the tool to compress the springs so will be on the hunt for it tomorrow! will be looking closely at the conditions of the pistons and crank sometime in the week when i get some spare time.

 

[turboholic]

sorry (stupid laptop posted twice)

 

[chaazza]

Looking good mate how hard were the rods to get out
Also do you know of the top of your head what tool the head bolts use

 

[turboholic]

easy to get the rods out mate. just undo the two nuts on the bottom, remove the caps and push them up and out (may want a little tap). head bolt tool was a ribe bit iirc (cant remember what size)

 

[chaazza]

A ribe bit what's that not a torx or spline

 

[turboholic]

im pretty sure its a ribe bit

whats best to use to clean pistons??

 

[turboholic]

small update.......

cleaned up the pistons and fitted the new rods to them. block is stripped right down to its bare minimum. removed the crank today and took it to get measured and grounded if it needs it! decided not to paint the block as its a pain to clean and mask everything up! its not going to be seen anyway!! also the agu head has been sent off as found a snapped exhaust manifold stud! (im not very good at drilling them out).

bottom end gasket get arrived today from jabba, aswell as my piston rings off the bay! so as soon as i get the crank back it can all be rebuilt! just need to get the top end gasket set now and cambelt kit etc. inlet manifold has been sprayed black by myself (came out quite nice!)

moved the car into a workshop yesterday so got a nice sheltered place to work on it now going to take the interior out and make a start on the battery relocation and remove the sound deadening.

no pics yet but will take some in the week!

comments please........

 

[turboholic]

well got the crank back today. all is ok with it and i have been told that there is no wear! not bad for doing 116k miles! all done free of charge aswell so bonus there! just need some bearings for it then i can put it back in. got my head back from the engineering shop aswell for the broken stud. they did a good job. went to fit my exhaust mani but another stud snapped off! so back to the engineering shop it goes

couple of pics