Wogan Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 ok, so as a couple of you know, after giving the car a good fang at AHG the other week, my car started running on 5 cylinders.. Turned out i had a valve sticking open.. i thought it would be the usual lacquer build up on the stems.. but after the garage took the head off, they found 2 x 20 cent sized peices of metal which were slightly larger than the intake shafts to the valves.. but one of them had been forced into the shaft far enough to stop a valve in cylinder 1 from closing... Both the garage i took it to, and the place they're getting to recon the head believe the metal is peices of a piston!! ... but not from a piston in my car!!?! so who know's how the hell it got in there (and how long it's been in there) ... weird sh!t.. good news is once it's recon'd it should be running much better than before this went wrong. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisglass Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 that would explain the restriction problem then :| Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4486815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealthed Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 wat? not your piston.... you had a stow away?? how is that even possible? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4487258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R DIRTY 3 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I dont think it is my piston either. Wierd! Keep us informed when you know more. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4487265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossie_21 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 f**k. What. The. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4487323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogan Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 i'll try and get pics next time i drop in at the garage.. They're curved bits or metal (like they came off a pipe) but one side is oil stained, which is why they think it's part of a piston.. my pistons are all in top condition... and even if it did come off them (which it didn't) .. there's no way it could get into the other side of the intake valves... the edges of the pieces of metal are smooth, so i figure they didn't break off recently.. they've been there a while... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4487993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchy_ Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 they could be from my piston... i have no idea what happen to my number 5 piston when my last 25 let go... i was left with jigsaw puzzle in my sump. not part of the head/plenum or anything is it? find it hard for a bit of metal to lodge itself behind a valve, and not to have made any noises or indication there was shit flying around in there? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4488082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogan Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 got the car back today (finally) ... $4500 later my car is driving great, but my wallet is completely empty.. someone wanna lend me $50 so i can put some petrol in it? if i had knew it'd cost that much i'd have looked into buying an rb25... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4498436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchy_ Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 so what exactly was the bit of metal from, or still unknown? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4498551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Better yet, what exactly was done for $4500? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4499346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogan Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 metal was definitely not from my car, and best bet of the garage is still that it once came off a piston... must have been in there since before i bought the car... weird. 4500 was 24 new valves and valve seats, and a full recondition of the head. a few new hoses and bits n pieces while it as off.. new inlet and head gaskets.. new oil and a few other things i can't think of right now... but yeah.. most of the $$ was labour.. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4499436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthisglass Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 RB25 and gearbox could have been had for that money better yet, you could have built and RB30 for the 32 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4499460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) RB25 and gearbox could have been had for that money +1 Not only had, but installed too.. better yet, you could have built and RB30 for the 32 +11ty Edited March 26, 2009 by bubba Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4499732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32 Driver Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 i think a 25 would of been a better choice for that money or a 20 replacement for alot less which workshop is this? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4505972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogan Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 going into the repairs i didn't know it was going to be this expensive (and neither did they) .. so it's not all the garage's fault.. i'm not going to name them because i don't want to seem to be spreading bad press. It was just a normal garage (not a specialist in jap imports or high performance cars) Obviously in hindsight i would love to go back and just get an rb25 .. but what's done is done. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4507124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKUSHI Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 mmm that is odd, cant think of anything else that would have come loose unless yeah the inside of your inlet mani is flaking away but ive never heard of that happening unless 25 heads have removeable valve seats and one of them came loose before being smashed about for a bit Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/261820-wtf-happened-to-my-car/#findComment-4521759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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