With the head and bottom end restored, I could finally complete the MI16 engine assembly. But it wasn’t going to go completely smoothly!
Engine Rebuild
After the disaster of fitting piston rings last time, will new rings go on any easier? Will this bottom end ever get rebuilt?
A month since building the cylinder, I had to get on with building the bottom end. A few parts to clean and put together. How hard can it be?
In March I found a crank journal measuring undersize, creating quite a quandary. I’ll try to share my learning, ups, and downs, with you.
The XPO project came with a donor engine and a folder of history. Lets have a look through the engine history and see what we can learn.
With all the cylinder head parts cleaned and camshafts polished, I could begin the therapeutic process of building the cylinder head.
Having previously overhauled the cylinder head, it was time to prepare the rest of the parts and start putting the engine back together.
Having found a leaking piston ring, it was time to go all in on this XU9J4 engine and teardown the bottom end. What disasters await?
Can I find the reason for the leaking pressure we previously found? Can the leak be fixed with a cylinder head overhaul?