Rebuilding a B20F

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Rebuilding a B20F

Post by Robert17 » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:18 pm

Anyone ever done this, or had any experiences? Got an odd knocking coming from the bottom end of my engine, been told it needs a rebuild but it can't be done, no parts available etc etc Help!

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Post by gltease » Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:54 am

what about picking up a retired 480 with a good engine, and swopping them out. I would love to have the time to rebuild an engine, good learning experience.

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Post by Richmann1 » Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:14 pm

You would be best to get a scrap engine and drop it in easy job. I have a spare turbo bottom end. loads of 2l engines about. When did the noise appear? Friend had a golf that started knocking after an oil change muppets put the wrong oil in, Replaced the oil and all was good again.

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Post by Robert17 » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:05 pm

the noise started after a service, my friend who is a mechanic has looked and said the oil is very thin, Any recommendations for a good thick oil for the 2 litre?

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Post by Richmann1 » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:28 am

I have always used Castrol magnatec in all my cars (admittedly mostly turbos) but seems to work well.
Sounds like the same problem as the golf the oil was far to low a rating modern cars seem to use a lot thinner oil then old cars so if it is a garage that mostly does newer stuff maybe just stuck standard oil in.

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Post by Robert17 » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:36 am

The problem is now sorted, Put some Castrol GTX 10-40 oil in and it's quiet like it used to be, well, quiet for a 480 :-)

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Post by esta » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:39 pm

Robert17 wrote:The problem is now sorted, Put some Castrol GTX 10-40 oil in and it's quiet like it used to be, well, quiet for a 480 :-)

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Post by Richmann1 » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:41 pm

Excellent always good when its an easy fix when you expect something expensive :) .

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