Fwd: I5 rebuild kits?

[Huw Powell]

> So I dismantled the sedan and kept all the goodies - lots of them went into
> the avant.
>  whilst doing the injectors, one of the tips fell
> into a cylinder and I didn't notice (I know, what a dolt!) shortly after
> starting it up it made a terrible racket and I had a long trip to go on so
> long story short I just yanked the engine out of the sedan and put it into
> the avant (FWIW it fixed my issues) Out of curiousity I popped the head off
> the other engine and 1 piston has an injector tip hammered into it with a
> corresponding dimple in the head. Its not big or ugly but its there...

I'd just throw that one away.  Used 10vt engines don't cost a lot, why 
waste money rebuilding one that got banged up on the inside when you 
could do it to a good one?

> So I was going to just do as you say and don't touch the bottom end and just
> do the head, etc. but was talked into doing the whole thing.  The beauty of
> it is that I have a whole spare engine and even access to another one from a
> friend so I could rebuild the whole thing, and then down time on the car
> would only be a weekend while I do the swap.

Ah, so you even have access to another engine.  Use that one.

And, I have to ask, what is the matter with the one in the car?  I can 
see taking that spare engine and bolting it to a stand and fiddling with 
it in your spare time, so it's good to go if and when you ever need it. 
  But I missed the explanation as to why you need it now?

-- 
Huw Powell

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