Help!!! advice needed, error 34 and no ooomph!!!

[masterbateson]

BTW can anyone give me a clue/ verbal or pictorial assistance into how the Hell you get the dog legged engine mount back?
Cam covers on, tried it with engine lowered no joy, tried it as advised by Mechanic pal with the engine jacked up all the way till the car lifts(should drop in im told) guess what?
Yup No joy.

Abandoned job for the day as was getting really cheesed off.

Also if my mechanic pal cant get round to help due to his work/family commitments, is there anyone out there local to me could come and help, and i mean someone who has done this before and can wrestle the thing back easily.
Pound notes will of course will be provided.

There's no weeping smiley on here or I'd be using it.

[ashley]

[Ryan S]

So was the timing actually out?? I stopped reading a while back

Errr possibly/definately maybe.

One things for certain is that with the alignment mark on the cams, if you had the inlet cam bang on 12oclock alligned with the mark the exhaust cam was off and from memory was clockwise/forward of being at the top.

Its all becoming a blur to be fair! cant remember if tame mechanic mate checked it and confirmed it was out when he popped by and I may have popped the belt off by that stage

I normally like working on my cars and have usually been ok, but this has been a tad traumatic for me.
And I have to confess that I do get stressed/anxious/depressed a bit more easily than most as I am on tablets from the doc for that.

ah, that clears that up then, so the timing may not even be the fault? Good luck with it all man but i;d have been keen to find out what the running issue was for absolute certain before doing anything, let alone doing the timing belt

A massive job to undertake without knowing 100% if it's the fault!

[thomp1983]

Leave it out sheppy you stripped your engine out and started rebuilding it before you found your running issue as you ran out of patience doing it and you may still have the issue when your engines rebuilt

yes we know he didn't need to remove his timing belt to check his timing but he didn't due to a lack of experience which happens. Fortunately as it goes part of his timing setup was ready for renewal so he's escaped a potential belt failure in the future and more importantly now has a definite base to continue diagnosing from if this doesn't solve the issue.

A timing belt isn't a major job, it's awkward on a 2 but is straightforward to do and within the realms of anyone who can carefully read and follow the bgb. Im sure once he gets this chalked off he'll find a new flow for working on a 2 and that it is rewarding if you persevere

[Ryan S]

yeah, my engine is going back in the car with completely different fuel management and ignition system, i also took the engine out AFTER diagnosing the fault as a throttle position sensor using the Link ECU and software, something the stock ECU couldn't (or wouldn't) throw a code for

My point being that I simply asked if the timing was out and the answer was "I don't know", FWIW I was PM'd about this car before the OP bought it and advised against buying a car with running issues. Has anyone actually diagnosed the fault? So now we have a car with a new timing belt that nobody can say for certain will run now. Obviously a stroke of luck that one of the components needed replacing so that's a good thing, Just a shame that there is no definite diagnoses for the running issue.

I REALLY hope this fixes the issue but to undertake the task without knowing if the timing was out in the first place is madness, As i said good luck

[thomp1983]

Id missed you'd found a tps issue.

The op's car will run as it ran before the timing belt was changed only times going to tell if it's fixed the issue but if it hasn't then at least we can rule the timing out.

[2mad]

How you getting on Paul .. you building big booooost yet

[masterbateson]

Thanks for asking 2mad

Unfortunately the car is still sat in the garage ar$e in the air on axle stands.
Got the belt and timing done (whether it needed to be done or not ) but then after battling through that as a newb, I am now struggling to get the dog legged engine mount back

Hopefully local guru is going to swing by and show/demonstrate how to get it back.

Then its test drive time

[2mad]

Then its test drive time

Cant wait Paul I remember the months of work i had to do on my car .. then finally , test drive .. great feeling i can tell you

[Hez]

Put it back together, take it to a specialist and pay for it sorting. At least you should get straight to the problem.
This is a breaker waiting to happen speaking from experience I used to have a rev2 turbo what I took apart and just became a mess , lucky I found someone local who put it back together.
Were just going round in circles here.

[2mad]

I woudnt say going round in circles , hes taken on a job as a newbe most members including my self would run screaming from . sounds like hes got it sorted now , just needs some fettling (think i spelled that wrong) then test drive


But saying that having a pro check it overs a good idea just for piece of mind . I think hes got a tame mechanic so should be all good

[Nails]

Me and outrun have just done his timing belt. Its the 2nd one we've done and went over a few nights a few hours at a time. To get the hanger from hell in you just need to have the engine as far up as it'll go on the jack. Got it straight out and in. Spent longer trying to find the holes for the bolts in it.

[Poker Face]

Thanks for asking 2mad

Unfortunately the car is still sat in the garage ar$e in the air on axle stands.
Got the belt and timing done (whether it needed to be done or not ) but then after battling through that as a newb, I am now struggling to get the dog legged engine mount back

Hopefully local guru is going to swing by and show/demonstrate how to get it back.

Then its test drive time

Is it a lad called Martin from Blackburn? Decent bloke if it is. Good luck with it all and if you need an extra pair of hands I maybe able to spare a couple of hours.

[masterbateson]

Nope its not a lad from bburn called Martin, but he's more than welcome to come over

Got the Hanger from hell back in tonight, and I'd done it before reading the posts on here, and as described I just jacked the engine a little higher and in it went YAY!!!!

So one step closer,then replaced the circular shaped mount with the 2 downward facing bolts/studs, started to do the nuts up underneath and its really tight, so I undo said nut and the stud comes with it

I swear every step of the way this car fights me, but its all coming together, be nice if its all back together and can give it a test drive over the weekend.
Going to try that fuel pump mod where you have it feeding 12v all the time, in case the pump is getting a bit tired.

P.s ta for the offer poker face, will see how it comes together tomorrow, will try and get a ouple of hours on the car if i can, between keeping the lad amused and tiling the bathroom.

[Poker Face]

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic. ... 8840d286fe

I'm not sure how up to date the details are but this thread has Martins details on if you need someone who is familiar with the 3sgte.

Glad you're making some progress.

Edit MK Auto repairs.

[thomp1983]

Is this all sorted and running right now?

[2mad]

Is this all sorted and running right now?

Yeah, had my fingers crossed for this one ... hope its sorted

[masterbateson]

Hello all,

Not been on here for a while as was in hospital for a while and couldnt get on line.

Car is up and running, seems to go like a scalded cat too.

I finally managed to get the cambelt kit on and all the other stuff back on, so cambelt timing done and ignition timing checked and done.
New plugs, downpipe gasket replaced so no more leaks, wastegate actuator has been lubed up as it was in a stuck position initially and seems to be operating fine.

[2mad]

Sorry to hear about your ill health mate .. get well soon .




Kev.

[masterbateson]

Cheers Kev!

On the mend now hopefully.