Grizzle Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Rightttt!Here comes the bad news...My car gave up on me in the week :( I was driving it up a road when i heard a strange bang from the engineIt then decided to stick to 2K rpm and just wudnt go no moreThen a few seconds later it just revved its tits off on its own accord and an insane amount of white smoke came bellowing out the exhaust.So i quickly shut it off and managed to crawl it to the side of the road.Got the bonnet up and had a quick nose around but cudnt find anything but its seems the same symptomys of a blown turbo I managed to get the AA to tow me home so i could investigate...I stripped off the front so i could get to the intercoolerI then removed the pipe off the intercooler from the turbo,about 0.5-1 litre of oil came poring out :|And then when i removed the pipe completly off the turbo and this came out...I found chunks of metal caught that obviously cudnt filter threw the intercoolerAnd this was the state of the oil after the intercooler, looked like real small shards of metal :|I then continued to take off all the inlet to see if i could find anything.Cudnt find any bits of metal it was all just horribley clogged up with grime :|throttle bodyinlet maifoldI then dropped the downpipe and got the exhaust manifold off so i could get the turbo outThis is what i discoverd :|I was pretty certain that it was the turbo that had goneBut im pretty sure this proves it ahaOnly problem now is if it has sucked in any of the metal and damaged the internals :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 somebody's been using sh*t oil or not cooling the engine down after a thrash before turning it off !! See this a lot on the PD engines! Must have been a pretty extreme case to happen to an AMF engine though!also with that amount of oil passing from the turbo directly into the engine, it could well have bent a rod! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westie1 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 oh mate thats gutting! hope you get it sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Full engine rebuild + new turbo... expensive. Good excuse to drop a 1.9TDi in though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmetal Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 That turbo is fubard. Some one didnt know how to look after a turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I havnt "abused" it or not know how to look after a turbo its just one of them thingsStraight forward to change the turbo but im thinking isit worth it to find out the internals are frigged!Full engine rebuild + new turbo... expensive. Good excuse to drop a 1.9TDi in though .Thats what i like to hear ahaIve been looking into it, just really struggling to find out any informationThat lad "PD150" has abit of information on here so i may just give it ago..im going to post up a thread and if i can get enough info about it im gunna go for itOnly thing that scares me is the price :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I havnt "abused" it or not know how to look after a turbo its just one of them thingsStraight forward to change the turbo but im thinking isit worth it to find out the internals are frigged!Thats what i like to hear ahaIve been looking into it, just really struggling to find out any informationThat lad "PD150" has abit of information on here so i may just give it ago..im going to post up a thread and if i can get enough info about it im gunna go for itOnly thing that scares me is the price :|Just offset the price against what a replacement engine would be, won't be so painful to spend the money then . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Just offset the price against what a replacement engine would be, won't be so painful to spend the money then .Ahaa thats what i was thinking Right im doing abit more research towards this 1.9 coversionBut its looking like a pd130 vrs lump will be going in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 oh hell yes to a 1.9TDI this has just got more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTdi Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 oh hell yes to a 1.9TDI this has just got more interesting.Your Mk1 + 1.9tdi = Do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Ahaa thats what i was thinking Right im doing abit more research towards this 1.9 coversionBut its looking like a pd130 vrs lump will be going in Jealous... especially as I wanted to get a VRS but couldn't insure it so that engine in a Lupo, even better a white one... Oh yes.oh hell yes to a 1.9TDI this has just got more interesting.Dam right, do it to your's too then would save you selling the car!Your Mk1 + 1.9tdi = Do it.In this instance, James talks sense . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Right I'm Gunna go for this conversion,,I will be getting me an engine hopefully next weekAs I started a new job Monday I have to work a week in hand So it may well be in 2 weeks Gives me time to get the old one out I suppose lolWatch this space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexTRea Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm gonna pay close close attention to this as I am really looking at doing this conversion to my car. Keep us updated!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Good work! Just realised thats Hickmans punto in one of ur pics ennit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jase Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Turbo's can just go at any timeObviously poo oil and ragging from cold cant help but who says the OP has done that??Turbo went on my fathers wagon! Always warmed up and serviced every 4 weeks!Things dont last forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Jealous... especially as I wanted to get a VRS but couldn't insure it so that engine in a Lupo, even better a white one... Oh yes.Dam right, do it to your's too then would save you selling the car!In this instance, James talks sense .I'd love to mate would suit my driving style so well with a nice long ratio 5spd box, I just dont have the knowledge or tools at my disposal to get on with it :SI need to use the car too often to have it laid upWill watch this space closely it may well spur me on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'd love to mate would suit my driving style so well with a nice long ratio 5spd box, I just dont have the knowledge or tools at my disposal to get on with it :SI need to use the car too often to have it laid upWill watch this space closely it may well spur me on I understand completely ^^. Wait for him to make it then try and swap/buy it off him then lol . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Good work! Just realised thats Hickmans punto in one of ur pics ennit?Atticus?Ahha Yehhh boy it isBeen mates for yearsHow do u guys know him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I'm gonna pay close close attention to this as I am really looking at doing this conversion to my car. Keep us updated!!I'd love to mate would suit my driving style so well with a nice long ratio 5spd box, I just dont have the knowledge or tools at my disposal to get on with it :SI need to use the car too often to have it laid upWill watch this space closely it may well spur me on I will try make a good a build thread as I can ladsBut this is going to be as much as a learning curve for me aha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexTRea Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 But this is going to be as much as a learning curve for me aha Oh aye! It's all part of the fun though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 ^^ haha quality!! and i know him from cruises really and speak to him on fb now and then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 From reading about him dropping the air ride whilst driving along and smashing the sump off Dont know him personally, just know most of the punto forum hate him ^^ haha quality!! and i know him from cruises really and speak to him on fb now and then!!ahahaa Ace!Im pretty sure he smashed his sump off a drain cover before he had the hydraulics fittedfunny to see peoples faces tho when your bouncing around in a copper grease coloured punto lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzle Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) Sad to say i havnt got much done on the loop at all I managed to get the dash outWhich wasn't as hard as i thortand also managed to upload bigger pictures finally aha!!Not sure if im gunna put the dash back in yet but got plenty time to worry about that ahaIve been spending what little time i have getting my old mk2 golf back on the roadOnce ive sorted that i can move my lupo to somewhere to get the engine outas i have a crappy gravel drive :| Edited April 4, 2011 by Grizzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowey Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Taking the dash out is the easy bit. refitting it and the heater matrix is a bloody nightmare looking forward to seeing this with a 1.9 GTTDI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPall Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 This conversion sounds classGunna be a PD 130? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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