Quote: Originally Posted by Tanner. [View Post] Took the plugs out and they wer absolutely f****d i changed them it ran slightly better but the compression test showed number 4 had virtually no compression all the rest wer reading around 130, yep typical of a lean out, probably ran too much boost to get out of it on the cheap you could get another piston a light hone replace the rings throughout might cost you 5-700 but yeh its a botch repair best of rebuilding it

Quote: Originally Posted by MR.SUS [View Post] i would be driveing the thing thru the last oweners front window, its a ****s act when something like that happens obviously it was ****ed before you got it , because you couldnt have done that much damage just on the way home! How is it the previous owners fault? This guy could have been thrashing it flat out... who is to know? It's the chance you take when buying a modified car, there are no warranties.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tanner. [View Post] Took the plugs out and they wer absolutely f****d i changed them it ran slightly better but the compression test showed number 4 had virtually no compression all the rest wer reading around 130, Sounds like you've dropped a valve. ie. broken spring

Sounds to me like it has broken ring lands on piston number 4, not a dropped valve!

Quote: Originally Posted by HTURBO [View Post] Sounds like you've dropped a valve. ie. broken spring a broken valve spring wouldn't cause white smoke, and if you drop a valve i think the whole engine rotating thing might be a problem

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH [View Post] How is it the previous owners fault? This guy could have been thrashing it flat out... who is to know? It's the chance you take when buying a modified car, there are no warranties. yeah he probly would have been or he cou;d have been driveing home as usual and bang, but how can u do that much damage driveing back on the way home... woulda already been on its way out from the previous owner.

Oops, maybe I should read properly. Blow by would cause your dip stick to blow out lol. So yeah as TUXEDO said. Must be your rings.

Quote: Originally Posted by MR.SUS [View Post] yeah he probly would have been or he cou;d have been driveing home as usual and bang, but how can u do that much damage driveing back on the way home... woulda already been on its way out from the previous owner. I know what you mean but you cant go accusing the old owner of anything, it may or may not have been on its way out... who knows. Imagine someone knocking on your door a couple of days after buying a car and asking for the money back because they blew it up... I know what I'd say. Anyway, do we have a verdict on this engine yet?

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH [View Post] I know what you mean but you cant go accusing the old owner of anything, it may or may not have been on its way out... who knows. Imagine someone knocking on your door a couple of days after buying a car and asking for the money back because they blew it up... I know what I'd say. Anyway, do we have a verdict on this engine yet? yeah i know what your saying. if it were a couple days after i would say get ****ed because you dont know what they could have been doing to it. but cmon mate if this thing ****s itself on the way home, even if he had it on the limter the whole way then the damage would have been done before and the old owner could jsut have been tryna offload it .. especially being a vlt the bloke probly had a bit of fun with it the night before selling it as most ppl unfortunaltly do.

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH [View Post] How is it the previous owners fault? This guy could have been thrashing it flat out... who is to know? It's the chance you take when buying a modified car, there are no warranties. Thats right it is the chance you take but the attitude of the seller is what was most dissapointing.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tanner. [View Post] Thats right it is the chance you take but the attitude of the seller is what was most dissapointing. I know the feeling. I had an $10k engine pop on me the morning after I picked a car up. It's the most gut wrenching feeling knowing you just spent all your money on a car and have no money to fix it - mine cost triple yours too!

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH [View Post] I know the feeling. I had an $10k engine pop on me the morning after I picked a car up. It's the most gut wrenching feeling knowing you just spent all your money on a car and have no money to fix it - mine cost triple yours too! Yep heart breaking, well looks like this VL gunna be off the road for quite a while,

Quote: Originally Posted by Tanner. [View Post] Yep heart breaking, well looks like this VL gunna be off the road for quite a while, slap an n/a engine in there for $200 and drive around on 7psi will be fine at least till you save up fo

Do ya know anywhere i could get a RB30 motor?

Quote: Originally Posted by Tanner. [View Post] Do ya know anywhere i could get a RB30 motor? try ebay, wreckers, the forums. you want to try and get one in a car running and make it a series 2 block you can see it from the oil and water line galleries

Try friends 52772288 in Geelong

I paid 18500 for my car just turned 18. Motor went, diff went, clutch went, needed new cooler piping, tailshaft, turbo. All gone Another 15k later it's still not on the roAd. **** feeling goodluck mate

I feel your pain guys, but theres a latin term "caveat emptor" or "let the buyer beware" that is so true when it comes to cars. If you have little mechanical knowledge, you would be crazy to purchase a car privately without first having it inspected by a mechanic, RACV, etc.......especially an $18k VL. Obviously modified cars are a different beast, but for a run of the mill car, it's not worth the hassle buying or selling privately. At least if you go through a dealer you get some form of warranty. Hope you can get it sorted with minimal pain.

Okay so the only thing iv found is a R31 rb30 n/a cars done 175,000 for $300 off my uncle..

sorry to sound rude but ur uncles a tightarse, 300 for a na 30 is expensive imo