Engine Removal

[SuperRedMR2]

Yeah I’m not going to do anything with bearings until I have the crank out which will be next weekend or during the coming week. Will be able to measure it properly when it is out.

Conrod bearings however are good as they are.

Yeah the guide was on the old mk1mr2club website and it was awesome.

The head will be going to a specialist in Kent in a fortnight for some remedial work they deal especially with 4AGE engines

[chrismanchr]

shame that threads been lost superred ,but if you keep on taking pics ,and giving us a blow by blow acount of your rebuild then your thread will become a reference for rebuilding an mr2 4age along with laurens rebuild as well of course

[SuperRedMR2]

That won't happen i'm afraid Chris.

I haven't the patience for an in depth write up.

Unfortunately this is going to be put on hold for a few weeks, as I have found a hole in my radiator in my pugget so that's got to have money spent on it first.

[elbon50]

That won't happen i'm afraid Chris.

I haven't the patience for an in depth write up.

Unfortunately this is going to be put on hold for a few weeks, as I have found a hole in my radiator in my pugget so that's got to have money spent on it first.

Have you tried Bars Leaks ?

It will stop a smallish leak & remain in the system to stop future leaks

[chrismanchr]

That won't happen i'm afraid Chris.

I haven't the patience for an in depth write up.

Unfortunately this is going to be put on hold for a few weeks, as I have found a hole in my radiator in my pugget so that's got to have money spent on it first.

Have you tried Bars Leaks ?

It will stop a smallish leak & remain in the system to stop future leaks

bars leaks is absolute rubbish because not only does it clog up the hole but also most of the coolant passage ways ,your basicly pouring sediment into your cooling system ,best to fix the leak rather than having an engine overheat and knacker it

[elbon50]

That won't happen i'm afraid Chris.

I haven't the patience for an in depth write up.

Unfortunately this is going to be put on hold for a few weeks, as I have found a hole in my radiator in my pugget so that's got to have money spent on it first.

Have you tried Bars Leaks ?

It will stop a smallish leak & remain in the system to stop future leaks

bars leaks is absolute rubbish because not only does it clog up the hole but also most of the coolant passage ways ,your basicly pouring sediment into your cooling system ,best to fix the leak rather than having an engine overheat and knacker it

http://www.barsleaks.net/how2works.html

Perhaps you are thinking of other (cheap & nasty) makes of stopleak Chris ?

[SuperRedMR2]

Pouring any liquid to fill a hole is a bodge IMO.

I do 500 miles a week, I cannot depend on radweld, a raw egg or that stuff.

I'm replacing the whole radiator. Seems a simple job as well.

[flippin'eck]

I changed the rad on mine a couple of years back, yes it was really easy

[SuperRedMR2]

This is a peugeot 206 mate not an mr2

[flippin'eck]

i was looking for :facepalm: but will do. OOPS

[Peter Gidden]

Pouring any liquid to fill a hole is a bodge IMO.

Agreed. 100%

[PW@Woodsport]

Bars leaks or radweld is an acceptable solution for the sort of person that also doesn't mind their Jamex spring coils all clattering together and bottoming out over every bump, everyone else just sees it as a pure bodge.

Which it is.

[elbon50]

Sometimes a "bodge" is all that's needed to solve a specific problem

Sometimes not

[SuperRedMR2]

Spending the money to get it sorted once and for all with no worries after solves a specific problem and when it comes to cooling an engine that is one of the most important solutions to get fixed properly.

[Lauren]

I bought a car from a bodger once. Never again.

[SuperRedMR2]

I bought my mk1a from a bodger and it was terrible.

You'd think a Peugeot 206 radiator would cost less than an MR2 rad...how wrong I was.

[elbon50]

Spending the money to get it sorted once and for all with no worries after solves a specific problem and when it comes to cooling an engine that is one of the most important solutions to get fixed properly.

If that's what puts your mind at rest then do it your way Alex

I simply suggested a perfectly good alternative

And with minimal expenditure

Call Bars Leaks a bodge if you like but it works very well

It's not suitable for large leaks of course (nothing is, other than replacement part(s)

[un1eash]

My Alfa GT was losing tiny ammounts of water so i tried some radweld and it worked, the GT is known for tiny leaks though. When my rad in the MR2 went i didnt find the leak until one day the front of the car was like a water pistol spraying my garage door.

[Charged]

Radweld in my first Mk1 - never again

Radweld in my old Cavalier - killed it.

New rad for a pug - £50 new?

[PW@Woodsport]

I simply suggested a perfectly good alternative

And with minimal expenditure

Call Bars Leaks a bodge if you like but it works very well

Clogging your cooling system up with that xxxx is just about the worst thing you can do to it, it's a pure and utter bodge and anyone that does it is a bodge artist.

It works very well??? You're insane.