Long time lurker, new poster.
I have had my 89 Turbo since June last year, and have been reading these forums since some time before that. Today i got a message saying i ought to post or risk getting my account deleted, and figured this was as good a time as any to stop putting off my introduction post.
Anyway, here is my car:
That is, before it broke down
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It broke down on the way home from a long trip to a motor show at Mantorp race track here in Sweden. I got lucky though, I suppose you could say. It broke down around 2KM from home, lucky me, as the trip was more than 400KM in total.
It made a nasty noise and the gearlever felt like it was gonna jump out of gear, and it did this on a bridge where i couldnt stop, so i coasted about another 100M and managed to pull in to a sideroad, just as the motor stopped and powersteering and brakes faded.
I didnt try to fire it back up, for fear of causing further damage, working or not I would never feel comfortable driving it without giving it an overhaul. So we towed it home.
Where it now stands:
Only it is no longer summer, and the engine is lifted and standing at the workshop owned by a friend and fellow MK3-owner, seen below anonymizing himself by hiding his face:
And the guy in the flanell shirt is me.
Anyhow, before the engine broke there was the sound of a bearing, believed to be the crankbearing, at certain revs. I also believe I had an oil leak prior to failure, since the oil level was well below half when i emptied the engine, and there was oil dripping from the screw in the oilpan.
Personally I blame myself for not checking to see if i needed a gasket between the screw and the pan when i changed the oil. But the engine would probably have needed a rebuild anyhow, with the bearing making the rattling sounds it did.
Plans for now are rebuilding the engine, the usual thing with MHG, rebuilding/replacing oil pump etc. We still have not torn the engine down, but will be starting work soon.
I have had my 89 Turbo since June last year, and have been reading these forums since some time before that. Today i got a message saying i ought to post or risk getting my account deleted, and figured this was as good a time as any to stop putting off my introduction post.
Anyway, here is my car:
That is, before it broke down
.It broke down on the way home from a long trip to a motor show at Mantorp race track here in Sweden. I got lucky though, I suppose you could say. It broke down around 2KM from home, lucky me, as the trip was more than 400KM in total.
It made a nasty noise and the gearlever felt like it was gonna jump out of gear, and it did this on a bridge where i couldnt stop, so i coasted about another 100M and managed to pull in to a sideroad, just as the motor stopped and powersteering and brakes faded.
I didnt try to fire it back up, for fear of causing further damage, working or not I would never feel comfortable driving it without giving it an overhaul. So we towed it home.
Where it now stands:
Only it is no longer summer, and the engine is lifted and standing at the workshop owned by a friend and fellow MK3-owner, seen below anonymizing himself by hiding his face:
And the guy in the flanell shirt is me.
Anyhow, before the engine broke there was the sound of a bearing, believed to be the crankbearing, at certain revs. I also believe I had an oil leak prior to failure, since the oil level was well below half when i emptied the engine, and there was oil dripping from the screw in the oilpan.
Personally I blame myself for not checking to see if i needed a gasket between the screw and the pan when i changed the oil. But the engine would probably have needed a rebuild anyhow, with the bearing making the rattling sounds it did.
Plans for now are rebuilding the engine, the usual thing with MHG, rebuilding/replacing oil pump etc. We still have not torn the engine down, but will be starting work soon.
