Automania wrote:Hi mate thanks for the reply.
Yeah it was sold as a new factory recon 4.0 p38 engine, I've since found the company on the web that look like they did it, and they say they spin it over to check oil pressure.
Re the valve seals, the other head has the blue type ones on, so have I got two different heads?
I think there is a taper though I'm gonna check as someone else mentioned it looked like a liner had dropped though I never noticed that when I stripped it.
That's what worries me about the block, I'm pretty sure the valves have just been cleaned too as one i took out shows a bit of black on it.
Cheers again just wanted to make sure I wasn't panicking too much
Unless the picture is very misleading I cant see any taper on the liner??
To spin and# engine over to check oil pressure means either having it in a running car or having it on a stand full of oil and with the oil system fully connected and spinning it with an external power source (motor of some sort) or using the starter motor which wont make much pressure.
Does this have a crank driven oil pump??
The heads are obviously odd ones. Take a pic of the casting numbers on top of the heads. It will be ERC ???
And see if they are 10 bolt or 14 bolt heads.
If you have soot on the smaller valve seat then its been run i guess.?
Without seeing it in person its hard to tell anything for sure. But this does not look like a recon engine that was a fresh build in a workshop.
It looks like an old engine thats been decked, honed and had new rings and shells chucked in. Then finished with odd heads. Any builder worth their salt would have at least had the valve guides machined down so both heads had the blue push on seals. I only tart up engines at home and I take my heads to a machine shop to get that done so the best valve guide seals are fitted.
If they are not prepared to give you a warrenty on this engine then get your cash back and walk away.
