The Rebirth of Smokey Eddy - The 1.9 Saga

[Rabbit on Roids]

that engine is very.... BLACK.

[Smokey Eddy]

yupp

[RadoTD]

Well designed for finding oil leaks

[Rabbit on Roids]

not really.. oil shows up way better on grey, or white. my engine is machine grey and it shows oil leaks like no other.

[RadoTD]

not really.. oil shows up way better on grey, or white. my engine is machine grey and it shows oil leaks like no other.

Yeah, it was a joke... I think the can of paint he used could've said "sooty oil black" on it

[Smokey Eddy]

its a new engine why would there be oil leaks?

ok but onto a serious matter.
I got everything together and timed and i tried to turn it over with the ratchet (as you all should do before you turn the key) and it got stuck... i said uh oh ... the timing marks i made on the flywheel are wrong... all ... three of them...
I decide that this was the problem so i pull the belt off and let the cam come up off the valves.

i try again... still gets stuck - same place.

i think frick okay maybe my VAC pump got ker-nucked in the explosion from the last engine so i remove that. now the oil pump isn't being driven either.

try again still gets stuck... same spot.

i get my friend to listen closely and it sounds like a VERY firm thunk somewhere to do with the flywheel/clutch ect.
I desperately need to figure this out before Monday >.<
I should probably post a trouble shooting thread...

[burn_your_money]

Were you able to turn the engine over before you hooked the tranny up?

Is the tranny in neutral?

[Smokey Eddy]

one of the rod caps hits the pick up tube of the oil pump ... :/

[Vincent Waldon]

Two suggestions at this point:

1) let's pick one thread or the other to troubleshoot this issue... watching two threads is hard on my brain.  ;-)

2) as you young whippersnappers say:  "Pics or it didn't happen". If there's any way you could post a couple of pictures Eddy I think we could get a handle on it pretty quick-like.

[RadoTD]

2) as you young whippersnappers say:  "Pics or it didn't happen". If there's any way you could post a couple of pictures Eddy I think we could get a handle on it pretty quick-like.

+1

Would it work to cut, rotate and reweld the pick up tube to move it out of the way?

[burn_your_money]

Are you using the 1.6 or the 1.9 oil pump?

[Rabbit on Roids]

Are you using the 1.6 or the 1.9 oil pump?

i was wondering about this also. my bet is the 1.6 pump..

[Smokey Eddy]

Yes, the only AAZ parts below the deck of the block are as follows:

block
pistons
con rods
crank
im shaft


Everything else from the 1.6:
vac pump, oil pump, oil pan, oil baffle, injection pump, brackets, pulleys, manifolds (except the intake), turbo, oil line to the turbo from the flange and so it goes on.

some parts i made for the converstion:
modified ALH intake, oil return for the turbo, a plug on the block, water hose from the water pump to the top of the head.

I can see on the feed tube where it was hitting. It hits the flange where the tube joins the pump. So when i get home from work im going to crawl under there and look to see where on the stroke the piston is and if i can remove enough material from the flange to allow it to pass by with some clearance (like 2-3mm)

if not i guess i have to find an oil pump asap... i may end up having to shell out big money for a new one
wouldn't be the end of the world i suppose. I could get the biggest one it would house especially since i added an oil cooler and am running higher boost.

Two suggestions at this point:

1) let's pick one thread or the other to troubleshoot this issue... watching two threads is hard on my brain.  ;-)

yeah sorry im really bad at that. you can delete the other thread if you want. It started out as a suspected problem that was totally different and then the two sort of joined. I was really angry because after weeks and like 14 hours of getting it all set up & together and plumbing stuff and trips to the autoparts store and many hundreds of dollars later im ready to turn the key pretty much and it gets stuck. i was just so fed up I spent all day yesterday at the beach because i was so upset.

[burn_your_money]

i was just so fed up I spent all day yesterday at the beach because i was so upset.

I think we all have days like that.

[Rabbit on Roids]

why re use an oil pump on a new build? thats not very good practice.. unless the oil pump you have is extremely low miles.. but it still came from a grenaded engine..