Great looking car. Loved the OZ wheels.
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Great looking car. Loved the OZ wheels.
Westgate problem makes 1.47bar peak and that dont do well with the head gasket.
Using an uprated oilpump and 10-60 oil we assume the high oil pressure normal.
Schadek oil pump was installed by the previous owner. I really believe it is better than the original, dont know the partnumber...
Maxiboost knows the history of the car better than me, maybe he can...
We got the car up and running and the athena gasket gave up.
Waiting for a cometic head gasket...
Oil pipes are visually in good condition. We also blew air in and no clogging detected...
My q4 decided to give up on these days :frown:
Is 2bar oil pressure on idle with a hot engine high than normal?
Does this 2bar oil pressure points us a clogged oil canal somewhere?
Why is the camshaft bearings ok on 1 and 2 cylinders but...
Today i took the car from the workshop.
After a 100km higway run at 2500-3000rpm there was a sudden noise from the engine. I immediately pulled right and turned off the engine.
The intake camshaft...
Thank you!
I will post photos as soon as my car gets out of the garage. I am grounded for almost a month waiting for parts.
A 20 minutes highway run flat out got the original exhaust valves...
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