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What angle is the engine at? From photos it seems to be tilted down at the back more than standard. just wot i said on page 5 :oops: Hi scotb, It was probably your post on page 5 that reminded me of the problem I had with a modified sump on a 4.6. As the thread has gone a little bit quiet, I suspec...

Well just brought the ford cv bolt washers. Expensive!! £1.50+vat x 12! :evil: Thet're not even coated, just bare metal. They are quite thick though, 2mm. They're actually called locking washer on the ford parts database. PN F1018715. although there are no serations. I think they may just help to g...

Cheers Ron, i dont think mines a sump issue, its either stem seals, or rings, if changing the stem seals dont cure it im going to drop the engine out and double check the rings on them two problem cylinders then go from there, Tony, I note the comments from Ron in Aus. Before I concede that the sum...

stevieturbo wrote:Good question...not even sure what the purpose of these are !!

I seem to remember ( but my memory is poor) that these washers have a serated surface at the underside of the caphead bolt and therefore act as lock washers.
Correct me if I am wrong.

All the TVR's with 4.6 cranks, and even the stroked 5.0's use the SD1 sump, without any such problems. The only change is to pan out the shallow part at the front to clear the crank. They do have a baffle in teh main part of the sump, but I can't see that being a problem. My 5.0 TVR lump had a 3.9 ...

will need to go through the sd1 windage tray before they get into the sump :lol: and why only 2 cylinders? Maybe longer 4.6 crank is whipping oil from the windage tray. This oil would tend to hit even no pistons first. The stiffening ribs on the tray may be very close to conrod of no 4 & 8. Cheers ...

I had a problem with smoking on overrun with my 4.6 in a Sierra. I had to modified the sump to fit the Sierra crossmember I and didn't give enough clearance for the front con rods which whipped up returning oil in the front part of the sump and drenched the underside of the front pistons. On overrun...

Hi. Having read all the previous and looking at this problem with a fresh 2010 mind, my view is that given the plentyful oil supply, the cause of the excessive wear is load related. So I ask, are you running a higher than standard oil pressure which would increase oil pump shaft load. Also, if the p...

Mark. I don't have a photo of the crank pulley at the moment but I will get one next week when I dig things out from behind the car in the garage. Basically the pulley consists of the harmonic damper with a separate deep dished front section bolted to it with the usual 6 hole 3.5/3.9 pattern. The de...

Mark. I'm undertaking a similar mod to my engine and fitting a int cover to get better oil pressure. I managed to get a standard matching front pulley with serp belt drive. On the subject of gathering parts for your project you may need to think about a sump to match the int front cover. I assume yo...