oldbus Posted August 20, 2008 Report Posted August 20, 2008 We came over with a few mates for the Retro Rides meet at Gaydon at the weekend. I was bimbling along at 55 mph without a care in the world when all of a sudden the 24V started knocking and blew up on me.... Not a happy teddy bear! My mates dragged me along the hard shoulder up to the services where i waited 8 hours for the AA to get there finger out... After leaving it at a secure compound at Croyden we then caught up with the others and had a fantastic weekend at Gaydon - wasn´t going to let it get me down!!! Anyway, good job i have international recovery, the ADAC (german AA) are sorting the transport out and with a bit of luck i should have it back home within a couple of weeks..... Oil pressure and level were fine, water temp too. Slight knocking followed by a big bang and a hole in the sump!!! The engine has done 120,000 miles and was running great... Only thing I can think of is oil starvation but i´ve done about 2000 miles since the conversion. I had to use a smaller sump to clear the front beam so maybe there wasn´t enough oil in the system...? I´ll probably never find out but it looks like i´ll be making a new front axle so that I can use the original sump on the replacement engine.
NeilT Posted August 20, 2008 Report Posted August 20, 2008 bad luck fella glad you still had a good time though, bummer about how long you had to wait thats pony hope you get it back home all safe and sounds soon as
Admin Vista Posted August 20, 2008 Admin Report Posted August 20, 2008 Ouch commiserations mate. What holed the sump? has it thrown a rod or big end bearing cap or something?
MEXY867M Posted August 20, 2008 Report Posted August 20, 2008 sorry to hear that mate hope you get it sorted
BIGKEV Posted August 20, 2008 Report Posted August 20, 2008 at least you didnt let it phase you. chin up - hope you get it sorted soon
oldbus Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Posted August 20, 2008 Cheers guys, didn´t have time to look what holed the sump but i won´t be fixing the engine anyway, not worth it as i have another one at home waiting... I´ll whip the sump off when i get the van back and try to find out what went wrong, and then throw it in the corner for spares!
4 door escort Posted August 20, 2008 Report Posted August 20, 2008 holy moly...i saw that on Monday on my travels
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