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 gota6again
Seasoned Pro  Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
Post #1
Finally the day came when X132FVC's heart was ripped out from her     Came out nice and easy. Will now be split - gearbox was fine so that will be up for sale soon, same with the bottom end......head needs to be checked for any damage and then will base what I do with it on that. |
 Posted 2nd Jun 2012 at 21:59
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dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #2
Christmas was 5 months ago and you still have your Xmas tree outside?Pie key!  ________________________________________  |
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Posted 2nd Jun 2012 at 22:10
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
Post #3
dangti6 wrote: Christmas was 5 months ago and you still have your Xmas tree outside? Pie key! It's a science experiment |
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Posted 2nd Jun 2012 at 22:23
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thugpuggin
Seasoned Pro  Location: Bristol Registered: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 26,784 Status: Offline |
Post #4
dangti6 wrote: Christmas was 5 months ago and you still have your Xmas tree outside? Pie key! The breaking thread started 10 months ago and the engine has only just come out. Not sure what`s worse... ________________________________________ Black X Reg PIII.VGTi 6 A4212 pt 1 A4212 pt 2 Searching the streets of Bristol for 1.36p/day.Joint Kent Leader |
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Posted 2nd Jun 2012 at 22:27
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
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thugpuggin wrote: dangti6 wrote: Christmas was 5 months ago and you still have your Xmas tree outside? Pie key! The breaking thread started 10 months ago and the engine has only just come out. Not sure what`s worse... I know, I'm not a full time car breaker so most it was done to order if you like. After a year of it just sitting around and only being looked at when a part was need I've decided to strip it all and get rid of the shell and get the drive back. |
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Posted 2nd Jun 2012 at 22:32
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woody.
Senior User  Location: London Registered: 18 May 2009 Posts: 799 Status: Offline |
Post #6
I remember seeing this down the A30 once, RIP  |
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Posted 3rd Jun 2012 at 01:35
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #7
Why the breaking?  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone  |
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Posted 3rd Jun 2012 at 11:42
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
Post #8
stan_306gti6 wrote: Why the breaking? Headgasket started going and after throwing shed loads of money at it I just had enough |
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Posted 3rd Jun 2012 at 16:42
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
Post #9
Surely would have only cost £600 max to get it done? Could even have done it in stages to keep the cost reasonable? ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 3rd Jun 2012 at 17:03
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
Post #10
After throwing about £2k at it doing various bits and then losing weekends under it I thought best to move on, would love another one oneday. |
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Posted 3rd Jun 2012 at 18:09
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
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gota6again wrote: After throwing about £2k at it doing various bits and then losing weekends under it I thought best to move on, would love another one oneday. Fair enough I guess, hopefully you'll be back in the fold some day.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 3rd Jun 2012 at 22:21
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Rich E
Forum Admin Location: Hertfordshire Registered: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 7,757 Status: Offline |
Post #12
If it's sat for 10 months after HG failure then you may find one (or more) of the bores are rusted beyond recovery. Just depends on how much coolant has been sat in the bores.________________________________________ Rich |
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Posted 4th Jun 2012 at 08:58
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gota6again
Seasoned Pro Location: Gone Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,595 Status: Offline |
Post #13
Thanks for the heads up Rich, didn't think of that but only because I took it off the road as soon as the first sign of a failing HG showed up. If there had been coolent in the bores, will the rust be obvious - never taken an engine apart so not sure what to expect. |
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Posted 4th Jun 2012 at 09:06
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,768 Status: Offline |
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gota6again wrote: If there had been coolent in the bores, will the rust be obvious - never taken an engine apart so not sure what to expect. Yes, it will be fairly obvious and a good heads up from Rich about this issue.  ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone |
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Posted 4th Jun 2012 at 09:20
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720puggti
Seasoned Pro  Location: West London Registered: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 1,069 Status: Offline |
Post #15
Finally Dee! Although it's a sad thing to see another 6 being broken up, but it needed to be done. Perhaps now someone can benefit from the cylinder head  ________________________________________ Deepak Gohil |
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Posted 5th Jun 2012 at 21:23
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woody.
Senior User Location: London Registered: 18 May 2009 Posts: 799 Status: Offline |
Post #16
You little vulture deepak!  |
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Posted 6th Jun 2012 at 01:30
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