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Hi Eric, unfortunately this car hasn’t been from the start in my hands and I know that it was a bit miss-cared in the passed, even so I wanted to take great care of him as soon as I got my hands in it.
I’ve also thought of blocked oil return passages. Just so you know how crazy I am I tough of making a custom mount to the oil filter and put pressurised air trough the output so that it may move something stuck in some place.
I personally agree with your view about flushing agents and I really would only put them in there if I was manually turning the engine. I don’t trust corroding agents in a place were should be lubricants.
An engine from scrap is cheap.. 250€ +- 300$ gets me one. I see yet to many life in this one.
The cam itself is in great shape as to manufactured specifications (I measured the lobes). Thanks to a great help from Ratchet Face I was able to learn even more about the engine and found that it uses shim over bucket.
In another forum I read that the taping and vibration noises may be do to a shim being worn out.
What are your thoughts about this?
I appreciate every perspective not just the brighter side of some of them, if after the simple things have been done, the sound continues I’ll take everything into consideration…
Hi Eric, unfortunately this car hasn’t been from the start in my hands and I know that it was a bit miss-cared in the passed, even so I wanted to take great care of him as soon as I got my hands in it.
I’ve also thought of blocked oil return passages. Just so you know how crazy I am I tough of making a custom mount to the oil filter and put pressurised air trough the output so that it may move something stuck in some place.
I personally agree with your view about flushing agents and I really would only put them in there if I was manually turning the engine. I don’t trust corroding agents in a place were should be lubricants.
An engine from scrap is cheap.. 250€ +- 300$ gets me one. I see yet to many life in this one.
The cam itself is in great shape as to manufactured specifications (I measured the lobes). Thanks to a great help from Ratchet Face I was able to learn even more about the engine and found that it uses shim over bucket.
In another forum I read that the taping and vibration noises may be do to a shim being worn out.
What are your thoughts about this?
I appreciate every perspective not just the brighter side of some of them, if after the simple things have been done, the sound continues I’ll take everything into consideration…
You were of great help, thanks for the advice B) , I will look into this and get back as soon as I can, my main problem is not having a torque wrench (I really do like to fasten everything to spec.) to do the job sooner. :dry:
You were of great help, thanks for the advice B) , I will look into this and get back as soon as I can, my main problem is not having a torque wrench (I really do like to fasten everything to spec.) to do the job sooner. :dry:
Q: What is the year/make/model/milage of ye’ vehicle?
Well it’s nothing you’ve seen in the US (the car was never sold there), the engine itself is quite simple to work and maintain.
Year: 94
Make: Fiat
Model: MK1 (176) ELX 75
Mileage: 160.000 Kms (+- 100.000 Miles)The only thing that has been changed in the engine were worn components (belt adjustment bearing, alternator (new) and starter (new brushes), and a coil pack for the 1st time is going in there soon)
Never gave a single issue, and drives-me everywhere (literally)
Real picture of him…
Q: What is the year/make/model/milage of ye’ vehicle?
Well it’s nothing you’ve seen in the US (the car was never sold there), the engine itself is quite simple to work and maintain.
Year: 94
Make: Fiat
Model: MK1 (176) ELX 75
Mileage: 160.000 Kms (+- 100.000 Miles)The only thing that has been changed in the engine were worn components (belt adjustment bearing, alternator (new) and starter (new brushes), and a coil pack for the 1st time is going in there soon)
Never gave a single issue, and drives-me everywhere (literally)
Real picture of him…
Thank you that is a great article and just by having a quick read does look like so…
In the article I’ve read that if «lifter gets dirt or air inside of it, gets stuck open, or seizes closed» it emits plenty of noise, so considering that I have a jammed lifter etc… What could be that cause of it, since I keep (or try to) everything running in proper condition, could it be that it just worn out?
Here is cut view of the engine:
Thank you that is a great article and just by having a quick read does look like so…
In the article I’ve read that if «lifter gets dirt or air inside of it, gets stuck open, or seizes closed» it emits plenty of noise, so considering that I have a jammed lifter etc… What could be that cause of it, since I keep (or try to) everything running in proper condition, could it be that it just worn out?
Here is cut view of the engine:
I’ve seen your reply, and it’s quit helpful.
I’ve taken the valve cover off, and manually rotating the camshaft revealed no noticeable wearing (quite good looking actually).
I can’t have the engine running for long because there are 2 major holes that flood the bottom of the camshaft itself they are 0.5mm (1 inch) and cannot be covered.. without the valve cover they look like 2 garden hoses.
I’ll try to post a video were I can show everything in detail, as around 2000rpm to 3500rpm there is a sound that seems something not fastened like it should.
(I’m just waiting for an ignition coil to arrive because one went bad a couple of days ago and having just 3 cylinders working gives «usual» noises that have nothing to do with the issue)
I have attached a photo of the engine top without the cover so you can «see» what I’m seeing…
I’ve seen your reply, and it’s quit helpful.
I’ve taken the valve cover off, and manually rotating the camshaft revealed no noticeable wearing (quite good looking actually).
I can’t have the engine running for long because there are 2 major holes that flood the bottom of the camshaft itself they are 0.5mm (1 inch) and cannot be covered.. without the valve cover they look like 2 garden hoses.
I’ll try to post a video were I can show everything in detail, as around 2000rpm to 3500rpm there is a sound that seems something not fastened like it should.
(I’m just waiting for an ignition coil to arrive because one went bad a couple of days ago and having just 3 cylinders working gives «usual» noises that have nothing to do with the issue)
I have attached a photo of the engine top without the cover so you can «see» what I’m seeing…
HAhaha, was just giving a simple explanation…
Besides, here I’ve seen them change the oil with oil pumps.. they get the oil to the «reserve/warning» and than add new oil…
Of course that all the debris get clogged in the bottom… The ones ho don’t eventually get trapped in the oil filter…
HAhaha, was just giving a simple explanation…
Besides, here I’ve seen them change the oil with oil pumps.. they get the oil to the «reserve/warning» and than add new oil…
Of course that all the debris get clogged in the bottom… The ones ho don’t eventually get trapped in the oil filter…
The only thing that could possibly help that crosses my mind would be the added turbulence in the air caused by the fan to help enrich the fuel/air mixture, even with that… no real world performance results… I have seen it live and installed from very different ways and they are a waste of $…
Again.. it’s my opinion, from my experience, you can give it a try if you like and get back with the results… If it works, hats of to you… B)
The only thing that could possibly help that crosses my mind would be the added turbulence in the air caused by the fan to help enrich the fuel/air mixture, even with that… no real world performance results… I have seen it live and installed from very different ways and they are a waste of $…
Again.. it’s my opinion, from my experience, you can give it a try if you like and get back with the results… If it works, hats of to you… B)
If a fan like that can compress air I thinks I’ll use my hair dryer strait into my carburettor…
Be reasonable, do you think that if you could get that kind of results with something like this, you would see professional shops using good old turbos?
I have seen this kind of «electric» turbo even for scooters and they cannot compress air, they do not have the power needed to do so…
