I Blew My Engine, See What I'm Doing About It (teardown and build thread)
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Worse than usual:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull001.jpg)
Hotside:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull002.jpg)
just before intercooler...I had to dump the oil out:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull003.jpg)
Oil saturating everything below:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull004.jpg)
even filler was leaking:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull005.jpg)
starting the teardown:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull007.jpg)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull008.jpg)
damn a/c line has a puncture....dunno why, i didnt hit it, i just moved the lines and it started hissing....whoops:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull001.jpg)
Hotside:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull002.jpg)
just before intercooler...I had to dump the oil out:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull003.jpg)
Oil saturating everything below:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull004.jpg)
even filler was leaking:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull005.jpg)
starting the teardown:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull007.jpg)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull008.jpg)
damn a/c line has a puncture....dunno why, i didnt hit it, i just moved the lines and it started hissing....whoops:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull010.jpg)
Last edited by Braineack; 08-24-2007 at 02:13 PM.
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yeah, arkmage, i lost compression when the rings gave out. That's the aftermath. PCV valve held 5-10-15-20-30psi without a hitch when i put it on my air compressor.
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yeah, pressurize crankcase looks like this:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/braineack/dyno_day_pics/Dyno_Day064.jpg)
blown rings, at about 5k Tom's car just sprayed oil everywhere...im sure if my breather line wasn't attached into the intake mine would look the same....so instead i flooded the chamber and the car stalled.
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made a bit of progress, didnt want to pull the turbo, but it was in the way to pull the P/S pump.
only a bit left and i can lift it.
oh and major discovery, my stupid intercooler pipe off the turbo was horrible...see pic...i had it pushed into the 90° too far and I was adding a restriction....I wonder how much that factored into my power output, if any, I'm sure it wasn't positive.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull012.jpg)
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only a bit left and i can lift it.
oh and major discovery, my stupid intercooler pipe off the turbo was horrible...see pic...i had it pushed into the 90° too far and I was adding a restriction....I wonder how much that factored into my power output, if any, I'm sure it wasn't positive.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull012.jpg)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull013.jpg)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull011.jpg)
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no still ripping off parts....wont pull till this weekend, then spend next week swaping parts and then reinstalled by the 30th.
fixed the pipe and cleaned it up, looks new again:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull014.jpg)
fixed the pipe and cleaned it up, looks new again:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull014.jpg)
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Just another before and after, just took some time to pretty things up under the bay while I can.
Everything but the starter and alt. plugs are off, looking to find a load leveler before I pull.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull016.jpg)
Everything but the starter and alt. plugs are off, looking to find a load leveler before I pull.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull016.jpg)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/~web1_braineack/blown_engine/bad_rings/enginepull017.jpg)
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