General strip down and rebuild of punto gt

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

Ive decide to sort out my gt,, the rings are worn and there are a few leaking gasketts so me and my mate dave have begun the process of fittting a new bottom end and replacing gasketts and any worn parts.i will post up regular progress and pics if your intrested

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

me and dave having a break daves on the left and im on the right, im the one with the tattood arm

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

stage 1 disconnected all rad pipes air intake battery and carrier, and intake to manifold also removed dump valve throttle housing and injectors and most of the associated wiring,and cam carrier,i would of dropped it out in 1 lump but have not got the equipment so out in bits she goes plus gasketts need replacing anyway so there ya go

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

Stage 2
removed the head. intake manifold exhaust manifold and turbocharger, as you will possibly see in the pics i have a reasonably new turbo(COST A BIT),the head gaskett is absolutley knackered (F###ED) ,if u look close u can see how out of shape the gaskett is. you can also see the piston heads, (there is quite a bit of play in them) the pistons actually rock slightly wich luckily has not made the bore oval,but the rings are worn wich allows the gasses to push past causing pressure build up in the bottom end (this is known as blow by) ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!:slayer:

 

[a1ant]

Keep up the good work mate!

Alan

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

THANKS MATE , just hope this little thing im putting together helps people aswel as just being a little bit intersting

 

[Munkul]

ooh a project thread!

keep it up

 

[Adrian Bravo]

Yay pictures nice one. Was it a turbo from new? Oooh 100 bendy straws

 

[jaynlisa08]

looks good mark - hurry up and get it done, u can have a blast then!

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

LOL cheers for the comments cant wait to get back in a giv her a blast. and no the turbo was second hand done about 70k and is mint i just took it apart and cleaned it up and banged it on ,boosts brill
Here ar latest pics and progress report
FINAL STRIP DOWN STAGE
I do not recomend those who live with parents or are married to do the following bit, it WILL upset some lol heres all the intercooler pipes and the dumpvalve in the DISHWASHER Brilliant job it made of cleaning the parts as they had got oil inside due to breather pushing oil into air intake

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

my mate dave under the car removing the sump bolts ,there is a close up ov his mug , i only took the pic close up cos he was taking ages and i thought he had gone to sleep oh and a pic of me havin a beer cos all the work Dave was doing was making me thirsty LOL and the final2 pics is of the block with all four pistons removed:slayer:

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

There ya go all four pistons removed ,from the pics u cant tell that the rings a buggered ,but trust me they are, and oh dear as u can see in the other pic that number 4 piston is actually boke!!!:bang: now not only do i have to replace all rings and shell bearings i have to replace a piston oh well these things are sent o try us , ill post some more up when i get the replacement parts , it seems the order list is getting bigger as i have noticed the oil strainer as broken off the oil pump , now im not too sure how important the strainer is it just stops any large pieces getting sucked into the oil pump so as im wondering weather or not to get a new one?? or cover and put a metal gauze on the inlet wich should work fine !!!the oil pump is running fine and it seems like the part has been broken a long while any comments (sensible ones) welcome
P.S ill put some pics of oil pump and strainer up 2 moz

 

[jaynlisa08]

seems like you not have much look then mark

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

naa not really the car needed the work doing the only downer is just the 1 piston and oil strainer being broke not a major probs

 

[01goddak]

wowo its nice to see some real maintenance going on not just ive got some power loss or summin ill just change the spark plugs thatll sort it !!!

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

oh i forgot to show the pic of engine bay b4 i started wok on it (DURR) so here it is

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

heres a pic of the oilstrainer as promisedand as i asked b4!!!!!the oil strainer as broken off the oil pump , now im not too sure how important the strainer is it just stops any large pieces getting sucked into the oil pump so as im wondering weather or not to get a new one?? or cover and put a metal gauze on the inlet wich should work fine !!!the oil pump is running fine and it seems like the part has been broken a long while any comments (sensible ones) welcome

 

[Munkul]

the oil strainer thing will do two things.

1 - gather oil from the most appropriate area of the sump - im guessing the middle. this would mean minimal oil starvation.
2 - the larger area of the strainer versus the bore size is to allow for the lower flow rate through the strainer. This means that the mesh (or gauze or whatever it is) doesnt hinder the flow of oil in any way.

Of course what i just said has been pulled from the theory bucket of my arse

But I would definitely replace it. Or have something similar rigged up.

 

[Adrian Bravo]

I would defiantly replace it. Just because there is no point risking it for the sake of something you can get at a scrap yard for £5.

Keep the updates coming

 

[MaRkYbOy-[GT]-]

Righty ho people im now waiting for parts to come so ill post up when they do ...
on my order list

1 new piston
full set of rings
full set shell bearings
engine gaskett set
cam belt
oil pump with strainer!!
oil filter
sump gaskett sealant