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Help! What's caused this?
royhall:
I will shortly be selling some parts off a spare K5 engine. Not started stripping it yet so don't know the condition of the top end, but if your needing parts I can soon get the cam and towers off. PM me if your interested and we can work out a deal.
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Bristolbadger:
--- Quote from: royhall on March 26, 2022, 06:34:34 PM ---I will shortly be selling some parts off a spare K5 engine. Not started stripping it yet so don't know the condition of the top end, but if your needing parts I can soon get the cam and towers off. PM me if your interested and we can work out a deal.
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Hi royhall thanks for this, very much appreciated, I'll pm you
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royhall:
Nick, can you PM me your email address and I will send you some photo's of the parts. I have got the bits off the scrap engine and they look to be in good condition, I would certainly reuse them.
Bristolbadger:
So an update and a few pics on my unpleasant top end meltdown.
Due to the modded frame I'm lucky to be able to whip the head off in situ as Nurse Julie thought, so that's something I guess.
Before that the oil metering jet on the right did have a damned sliver of the old white gasket seal from the cases the PO used and that I was so careful getting rid of... however a bit was there on the thin end when I took the jet out. The towers seem clear but not blown them out with cleaner yet to see what may emerge.
I sieved the oil through the sump plug and there was one other tiny bit of white sealant and a few globs of jelly like oil and tiny ally swarf from the holders & cam shaft I imagine...
I dropped the oil pan and there was sludge in there but no more sealant, same on the bottom of the pump mesh (none on the pump side though).
So... Roo popped round after my initial post and helped lift my dark and sweary mood with his enthusiasm, knowledge, and desire to help out a brother in need! ...and I've got to say my faith in human kindness has been restored. Cheers mate! Should have been on this forum from the start not the US one ::)
I've got another cam shaft and tower thanks to Roy but now it's over to you for expert advise on how to now proceed.
I'll thoroughly clean the head, towers, jets in a dishwasher and with steam and parts cleaner afterwards to make sure the oil ways are clear and replace the oil filter but to what do I do with the remainder of the engine.. is there a flush out of the lump I can do with the pump and filter out... pressurised diesel flush somehow maybe????
Am I clutching at straws to not have to split the bloody cases again? :-[
Trigger:
I thought you had this engine fully apart so, why is there so much sludge in the oil strainer. Engine building is down to clean , clean and clean again. All the oil ways will need a good clean including, the main oil gallery. You will only get the same problem again if there is one small bit tucked away in a oil way ;)
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