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MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« on: 18 June 2009, 09:45:42 »
Yesterday the MV6 was finshed. New cats and exhaust fitted. It's just had a top end refurb, heads off job.

The refurb was all done by me, slowly and carefully. Everything double checked, timing, torques etc  correct - no problems.

Started her up - ran first time. Ticked over on the drive for about an hour, smooth as anything.

Went for a drive - covered about 10 miles. Loads of power, sounded awesome, smooth as anything. Stopped for fuel, joined a dual carriageway.

Did about 60 miles - and pulled out to overtake a pug. Autobox kicked down - nice surge of power, and.....

BANG, Crunch, Clatter , Oil light, loads of smoke, and  Dead - contents of the sump all on the floor  :-[

Pulled onto shoulder and alerted relevent services, while she continued to leak.

In short, nice hole in engine block.

That noise was a very sickening feeling after all that work, and after enjoying the car so much...  :-[ :'(

I keep beating myself up asking if it's something I did - but I really don't think it is. The job was done well, no corners cut - and there was no problem with oil delivery etc. It happened so suddenly, I can only think it was looming anyway  :-/
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #1 on: 18 June 2009, 09:49:40 »
Oh and just to top it off, after being stuck for 2 hours waiting for a tow, I tried my other Elite - and that was also dead. Just span without starting.

Paperclipped that one - Code 19  >:(  ;D
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #2 on: 18 June 2009, 09:53:10 »
buggar! :(
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #3 on: 18 June 2009, 09:55:42 »
i thought this type of thing only happened to me! know how u feel, got my mum an 06 1.4 astra with 25k and took it a roadtest to check everything, oilpump decided it wasnt playing and broke up. stripped her down, got all the peices out and she had only just grabbed no.3 big end. replaced and rebuilt only for the engine light to be on! bloody vauxhalls
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #4 on: 18 June 2009, 09:57:47 »
I dearly want to repair it, but don't easily have the facilities available for an engine change at present ....  :(
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #5 on: 18 June 2009, 09:58:57 »
Sounds like an oil feed issue to a big end.

I assume the T vents were re-fitted to the heads?
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #6 on: 18 June 2009, 09:59:58 »
i take it it was a leg out of bed?
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #7 on: 18 June 2009, 10:00:09 »
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I assume the T vents were re-fitted to the heads?

Indeed they were....  :y

No signs at all - not even lifter noise, just crunch....
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #8 on: 18 June 2009, 10:00:30 »
Ouch  :'(

so....that elite you wre breaking....least you have a home for the engine  :y

theres a new project to keep you busy  :y
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #9 on: 18 June 2009, 10:01:56 »
Hard luck :(

I know exactly how you feel, happend to me last year :'(

You could be certain it wasn't anything you did if you just did top end. Must have been comming anyway :(


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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #10 on: 18 June 2009, 10:46:58 »
Bloody hell James, that is real crap luck matey :'(
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #11 on: 18 June 2009, 10:52:37 »
Commiserations mate - what a bummer  :( :(

Sounds unlikely that its anything to do with your work though :)
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #12 on: 18 June 2009, 12:11:50 »
Oh no!  :(
I keep checking back to see how the job's going - and all sounded good until this...
 :'(
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #13 on: 18 June 2009, 12:20:31 »
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 nice surge of power, and.....

BANG, Crunch, Clatter , Oil light, loads of smoke, and  Dead - contents of the sump all on the floor  :-[ ......

Bugger!  :'( :'( :'(
Expensive aswel as annoying!  :( :(
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Re: MV6 goes BANG, big style :(
« Reply #14 on: 18 June 2009, 14:17:48 »
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I dearly want to repair it, but don't easily have the facilities available for an engine change at present ....  :(

Why bother? you can probably pick up another tidy V6 for a few hundred quid!...break it and swap all the good parts over, sell the rest :y
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