 Engine refresh opinions wanted......, Budget minded clean up of a stuck 2.0 |
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| Nick Pawloski |
 May 18 2005, 04:38 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 3-May 05 From: Portland, Maine Member No.: 4,026  |
Hello everybody.......
New member and 914 owner here in need of educated opinions. Background: Just bought my first 914 as an incomplete restoration. The car is a '76 2.0 with a Chalon bodykit. The PO bought the car as a running, driving, street car ten years ago, drove it for the summer, then pulled it into the garage to repair the usual battery tray rust. Tray repair turned into a full fledged restoration, including the Chalon kit. Long story short, ten years passed, children and a new Boxster appeared, and so the motivation and time to complete the resto waned. This is where I step in. The car has 81k original miles on it. The last time the motor was turned over was approximately five years ago (supposedly). It is stuck from sitting. Spark plugs in cylinders 3 and 4 had rust on them when pulled. 1 and 2 looked decent. I drained about a quart of water from the oil. I squirted a very liberal amount of Marvels into each cylinder and I am holding out hope that I'll be able to turn it over. In the more likely event that it is not moving, I am going to pull it and do a refresh on the motor. (PO removed engine for the repaint, so it will be an easy pull, already completely disconnected) Tear down, clean, flex hone the bores, valve guides, seals gaskets etc. I'll obviously do whatever is necessary while it is apart. Keeping in mind that this will just be to get the car on the road this summer, what other critical updates/upgrades should I undertake while the motor is apart? Also keep in mind that I have a spare 2.0 from a '73 that was included with the car. I plan to do a FULL rebuild on this other motor this coming winter. Thanks for any help. Nick |
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| Rhodes71/914 |
May 22 2005, 11:14 AM
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Glacier Group: Members Posts: 1,374 Joined: 8-August 04 From: End of the Road, Alaska Member No.: 2,482 |
HOLY CRAP! That is one nasty looking engine.
And I thought I had cleaned some bad ones. |
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Nick Pawloski Engine refresh opinions wanted...... May 18 2005, 04:38 PM
SirAndy top end rebuild is easy on these motors. get the 9... May 18 2005, 04:44 PM Nick Pawloski Would that be Mr. Raby? That guy seems to know a t... May 18 2005, 05:02 PM SpecialK ... May 19 2005, 07:29 AM Cap'n Krusty Forget the flex hone, they're junk. The rust ... May 19 2005, 08:10 AM Nick Pawloski Update........
I used to like rodents. Mice and s... May 22 2005, 09:32 AM Nick Pawloski This is the cleaner side of the two. I screwed up ... May 22 2005, 09:37 AM tat2dphreak if you can, put it in the back of a truck and go h... May 22 2005, 09:42 AM Bleyseng I would pressure wash that engine down first befor... May 22 2005, 09:56 AM Nick Pawloski The pictures make it look a lot worse than it real... May 22 2005, 10:02 AM Headrage ... May 22 2005, 10:03 AM Nick Pawloski I think that when I store the car away for the win... May 22 2005, 10:08 AM Bleyseng I had a nice cigarette lighter in the glovebox. th... May 22 2005, 10:21 AM
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