Whats the most complicated engine you have worked on?

[Tony Walker]

We have a 3.0ltr v6 CDTI (turbo diesel) signum in at the moment, his headgasket has been slightly pressurising his coolant system for awhile and we promised him we'd do it when we were quiet over christmas.......
This really is the most well engineered/over engineered engine ive ever worked on.

[Tony Walker]

Pic of the bay and a close up of the turbo. sry for the poor quality.

[Tony Walker]

Pic of inside the rocker cover, valves are all shimmed( i personally dont like hydraulic tappets, but i also dont like reshimming valves )
Also if you look closely the exhaust cam has a split gear with one gear being sprung loaded to reduce any backlash noise/timing effects.

[Tony Walker]

Spot the fault........

[Tony Walker]

Also.... see if you can spot the water pump, customer wanted it replacing.... wish we'd told him we wouldnt lol.

[J$£5GTT]

oh dear!! :wasntme:

[Scoff]

Spot the fault........

It must be late because I can't spot the fault :cry:

[scratcher]

Spot the fault........

The heads missing :yeah:

[Kris M]

Rolls Royce Merlin for me. Now thats complicated ! :cool:

[Tony Walker]

The heads missing :yeah:

lol :agree:

[Tony Walker]

It must be late because I can't spot the fault :cry:

:D no.2 cylinder

[philr5t]

It looks like no2 has got to hot :scratch:

[Os8472]

Subaru Impreza WRX EJ20, what a hateful engine to work on

[robx1r]

the mazda kl series timing them is a right pain in the hole

[Brigsy]

Mitsubishi 3000gto, changed the turbo on the rear bank. Took 8 hrs never again!!

[Tony Walker]

Also servicing a jag xjs 5.3 v12 spark plugs werent very nice :(

[J$£5GTT]

Also servicing a jag xjs 5.3 v12 spark plugs werent very nice :(

and folk shout in amazement at how many pipes and wires are under a 5 bonnet...:wasntme:

[Tony Walker]

lol yeah they dont get much simpler than a 5. maybe a few odd pipes here and there in std form.

[Tony Walker]

Mitsubishi 3000gto, changed the turbo on the rear bank. Took 8 hrs never again!!

We had a toyota soarer in once with a bit of a spaghetti pipework on there twin ceramic turbos, work of art but a pain in the ar*e ive never heard a smoother engine tho.

[Sparkie]

not exactly complicated, but hassle wise.... a mk1 r5.

need the engine and box out? - need to remove rad, steering rack, driveshaft and hubs
change the timing chain? - engine and box out.....
cam change? engine and box out.
clutch change -need to remove rad, steering rack, driveshaft , hubs and gearbox....

you get the picture :(

[Tony Walker]

the engine seems to of been an afterthought then???

[chris]

thats why i prefer working on trucks instead of cars that pic of engine is unbelievable our engines are just massive upto 16 litres or 12litre twin turbo v8s

[Sparkie]

the engine seems to of been an afterthought then???


people have been known to cut a section out of the bulkhead, from inside the car to access the timing cover.... then weld the section back in.

[Tony Walker]

lol i cant say id blame them..... wish i could do that to customers cars sometimes.

[Woznaldo]

Also servicing a jag xjs 5.3 v12 spark plugs werent very nice :(

My old man had an XJS and is wasn't running right. I said "pop the bonnet and I'll take a look". As soon as I looked inside and saw all the pipes and cables everywhere, filling every inch of the massive engine bay, I decided that it was a job for his mechanic!

[Alastair]

These are a little larger and tad more expensive than most engines, but they kept me busy for 2 years trying to get them to work properly, excellent now though!

WR-21

http://www.rolls-royce.com/marine/products/diesels_gas_turbines/gas_turbines/wr21.jsp

[Junglist]

Rolls Royce Merlin for me. Now thats complicated ! :cool:

isnt that a spitfire engine :scratch:

[markey b]

Subaru Impreza WRX EJ20, what a hateful engine to work on

not complicated just a pain in the arse, especially putting the gudgeon pins in through holes in the block

[Tony Walker]

i think you've got me beat with the Rolls gas turbine engine :cry: although i bet you've got a tad more room?

[Os8472]

not complicated just a pain in the arse, especially putting the gudgeon pins in through holes in the block

Or lining up the engine and gearbox as Bruce found out lol

[Tony Walker]

Yeah ive stuggled getting the gearbox back on one of those before now, thought it was just me misaligning the plate or something??

[Os8472]

Yeah ive stuggled getting the gearbox back on one of those before now, thought it was just me misaligning the plate or something??

Ours was more a case of using Bruce's head to hold the gearbox off the floor lol

[Tony Walker]

lol ill give him a shout if we get another in, it was a pain.

[Os8472]

lol ill give him a shout if we get another in, it was a pain.

I'm not sure he'd be up for it, during the last one the immortal words were uttered 'it's off the fooking jack' quickly followed by some girly noises lol

[Tony Walker]

lol :agree:

[Tony Walker]

Couple of pics going back together.

[Tony Walker]

Cars complete and running now. this pics a few hours from finish. Rediculously complicated. i had 7 different containers full of bolts and components lol.

[Tony Walker]

its the same v6 3.0cdti that renault, nissan vauxhall and saab use, we actually have an espace with the same engine just come in with an airflow fault.

[Alex]

Good work there T, looks like a huge job!

[shaggy]

isnt that a spitfire engine :scratch:

:agree::)Your right mate it is a spitfire engine but it wasn't just in a spitfire.

[Tony Walker]

what else did they put it in?

[Junglist]

what else did they put it in?

defo not fit in the 5 like

[Rinzler]

defo not fit in the 5 like

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/picturegalleries/8899777/Bentley-with-a-Spitfire-engine.html

:agree:

[shaggy]

what else did they put it in?

some of the popular ones:
Avro lancaster
hawker hurricane
de haviland mosquito
and the American P51 mustang
there is more but i cant be arsed lol

[The new Bill J]

The Rolls-Royce Merlin wasn't fitted to all the Spitfires. Some of them used Rolls-Royce Griffon lumps.

You can't beat the sound of a Merlin (or 4, on a Lanc') though :cool:

[shaggy]

The Rolls-Royce Merlin wasn't fitted to all the Spitfires. Some of them used Rolls-Royce Griffon lumps.

You can't beat the sound of a Merlin (or 4, on a Lanc') though :cool:

:agree:
I also love the sound of the merlin :)

[The new Bill J]

RTOC air show meet anyone? :D

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[Tony Walker]

:) :coffee:

[shaggy]

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