zrickety
The Fixer
*DISCLAIMER- Every engine failure is unique. You may find more or less damage than I've encountered. This is by no means a comprehensive guide, but rather documenting what I find, and fix. You may opt to do additional work beyond the scope of this rebuild.
At the time of this posting, a used engine is $2700-3800 from places like LKQ. So let that guide your decision making process.*
Link- https://www.lkqonline.com/2010-Volkswagen-Golf-Gti-Engine-Assembly/-hjK4FKcnnP
This is going to document the repair of a GTI that had the infamous timing chain tensioner fail.
It was running one hour and wouldn't start the next. All the intake valves are bent.
You need to remove the intake, there are threads on this.
The timing chain covers, crank pulley, timing chain. Again, there are threads that cover this.
You'll need to detach the downpipe from the turbo, oil and coolant lines. There are also a few various lines around the head that will need to be unbolted or detached. Then you need your special 10mm 'polydrive' socket to get the head bolts. I bought mine on Amazon for about $9.
Now you can remove the head and check your pistons.
It's hard to see in the picture, but the exhaust valves are fine. So that will be some savings too.
Now I'm going to order parts and then I'll start removing the old intake valves and cleaning the head. More to come...
At the time of this posting, a used engine is $2700-3800 from places like LKQ. So let that guide your decision making process.*
Link- https://www.lkqonline.com/2010-Volkswagen-Golf-Gti-Engine-Assembly/-hjK4FKcnnP
This is going to document the repair of a GTI that had the infamous timing chain tensioner fail.
It was running one hour and wouldn't start the next. All the intake valves are bent.
You need to remove the intake, there are threads on this.
The timing chain covers, crank pulley, timing chain. Again, there are threads that cover this.
You'll need to detach the downpipe from the turbo, oil and coolant lines. There are also a few various lines around the head that will need to be unbolted or detached. Then you need your special 10mm 'polydrive' socket to get the head bolts. I bought mine on Amazon for about $9.
Now you can remove the head and check your pistons.
It's hard to see in the picture, but the exhaust valves are fine. So that will be some savings too.
Now I'm going to order parts and then I'll start removing the old intake valves and cleaning the head. More to come...
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