well,,, as it happens,,, the old turbo twinky moke that we did a few years ago has had a moment... there was a little lack of "checking the oil level" & it`s done the turbo in (Naughty Michael)
sooo,,, while it was here i decided to rip the engine out & rip it apart for a little bo-peep inside her
& to my amazement there was absolutely nothing wrong with the thing
it was all good,,, no Sh!t... & yep i`m shocked too
,,, for an engine that`s been running around for quite a few years with over 160hp on tap,,, & been used hard & abused even harder, not to have anything wrong with it,,, """especially after it`s been run low on oil""" just has me a little choofed to say the least
this thing really has had a hammering
so,,, yeah, i`m quite the happy chappy
i`ve taken a video of the internals immediately after we stripped it down & i also have my trusty witness Archie to back this up if anyone wants to have a go
so,,, just for the sake of it & making it all nice again i`ve thrown a set of rings & bearings, gaskets & seals & an oil-pump at it & chucked her all back together
it will be going back in the hole this week & a we have a new turbo that is in the process of clocking & fitting onto it as the old one went kaput
we will double check the tune (simple ign timing & fuel check & adjust) & it should be all good to go again
Pretty happy i am