My engine that was looking so nice after the rebuild. It had lost the oil drain plug down the A21 in Kent. There was a little black line trailing off down the road a couple of 100 ft or so and it had stoped just before the flimwell traffic lights. It was a complete mess. It would turn over via the ignition key and starter but let out horrible grinding noises when it was turning and would not start.
The first thing to decide was whether to buy a replacement or rebuild the entire long block. After various discussions with GP Beach Buggies, it was made clear that keeping the same engine made getting the car through the DVLA and V5 issues much easier as more of the car still remained.
The engine was stripped down and was soon down to the short block , removing the fan housing Carburretor, heads and cylinder heads was much easier than I thought with the engine sitting on a work bench. My boxes of engine parts started to increase and I was slowley running out of coffee jars and plastic pots. The pistons and barrels appeared to have not suffered at all and the cylinder heads where leaded heads which I was going to replace any way with unleaded ones.
The short block on a VW engine is made of Aluminium and can just about be carried by a single man, I must confess this is possible but not advisable. I split the case in two revealing the problems that loosing oil from an engine at high speed can cause.
Would my short block repairable?
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