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Cloverleaf76 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	30th April 2018 20:40 Post #1 \| Print
1.6 16v Group: Veteran Posts: 1,199 Joined: 29th February 2008 Local Time: 23rd March 2023 00:55 Member No.: 2,973 Driving: Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, Alfa 147 From: M25 J11	My fourth topic in Carnage Corner. I feel so special. If you want to see a V6 horror story, watch this YouTube vid. Engine out time. Yay. https://youtu.be/XIyv9ASRPYE

Desperado View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	30th April 2018 21:41 Post #2 \| Print
1.4 16v Group: Regular Posts: 128 Joined: 5th April 2012 Local Time: 23rd March 2023 01:55 Member No.: 7,540 Driving: 145QV From: Hampshire	Did you break it? or was it someone elses work? This post has been edited by Desperado: 30th April 2018 21:41 -------------------- Can I start again?

dante giacosa View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	1st May 2018 08:03 Post #3 \| Print
1.6 16v Group: Veteran Posts: 1,939 Joined: 28th March 2017 Local Time: 23rd March 2023 00:55 Member No.: 13,068 Driving: 146 CF2 1.8 T-spark From: Edinburgh	hmm.. I'm a bit fuzzy about what could be going on here, Cloverleaf.. Can you explain? Have you lost a con-rod..?

Cloverleaf76 View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	1st May 2018 17:08 Post #4 \| Print
1.6 16v Group: Veteran Posts: 1,199 Joined: 29th February 2008 Local Time: 23rd March 2023 00:55 Member No.: 2,973 Driving: Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, Alfa 147 From: M25 J11	QUOTE(Desperado @ 30th April 2018 22:41) Did you break it? or was it someone elses work? All my own work QUOTE I'm a bit fuzzy about what could be going on here, Cloverleaf Me too. When it happened I felt the power loss from one bank at least. I suspect the cambelt tensioner, but I won't be able to tell properly until it's out. I think the impact you can hear is piston vs valve, but am not sure. It's a GTV so the engine has to come out even to take the heads off. I have very little room to work, so it is as much a logistical challenge as anything else. Sigh. I've bought a German 1999 QV rival as a daily until it's fixed. Yuk!

Cloverleaf76

3rd May 2018 19:55

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1.6 16v

Group: Veteran
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Driving: Alfa 145 Cloverleaf, Alfa 147
From: M25 J11

Can't easily get the engine out yet so out of curiosity got out the boreoscope.

This pile of metal was down cylinder 1...

I can see this getting expensive...

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