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[jimbobsimmonds]

Hi all... Was drving my beloved new s60 t5 when in second coming out of a corner i give.it some, then something weird happens.... I take my foot off to slow down.seemingly at the same time the traction control kicks in and the car lurches forward violently... Queue a clicking knocky noise increasing with revs and always on... Mechanic looking but your thouggts are welcome...

Anyway, i was thinking worse case i drop another engine in... Are the s70/original v70 t5 engines a straight swap for the early s60 t5, especially with my mods..

On my phone so apologies. Im devastated, no holiday for me this year

Thanks
James

[s70xpolice2010]

hi pal sounds like bottom end knock shells!!!!!!

[jimbobsimmonds]

Mechanic reckons big end... How much are they... It only sounds like one cylidner to me too. (fucking touch screen)

[s70xpolice2010]

jimbobsimmonds, on 06 January 2012 - 20:14 , said:

Mechanic reckons big end... How much are they... It only sounds like one cylidner to me too. (fucking touch screen)

hi pal ya best off talking to tim or gaz there the men for that..thanks steve..

[GazT4R]

Tim not me, I'm all theory not much on the practical apart from basic/medium maintenance stuff.

[jimbobsimmonds]

Dont want to risk driving to leicester on it.. my mechanic is ex porsche so he knows what hes doing usually...

[GazT4R]

Just get a S60/V70 engine of same ilke and drop it in if the big ends rogered, probably the cheapest option.

Sounds like bottom end knock or kinked rod.

Edited by GazT4R, 06 January 2012 - 20:34 .

[Exocet]

I recall Tim mentioning the shells are accesible via the sump, the other day - If i'm remembering correctly and that's the case, that's the route I'd choose rather than engine swapping.

[GazT4R]

Thats true, if it is the shells they can be done by dropping the sump off.

[s70xpolice2010]

GazT4R, on 06 January 2012 - 20:29 , said:

Tim not me, I'm all theory not much on the practical apart from basic/medium maintenance stuff.

lol you always give good advice pal anyway need to have a chat about meth lol!!!

Edited by s70xpolice2010, 06 January 2012 - 22:44 .

[jimbobsimmonds]

Just a quickie: will the B5234T3 engines from the P1 cars be a like for like swap or will I need to source one from a P2 car due to the exhaust VVT?

[Keyser Soze]

AFAIK as you've suggested, the P2 VVT engine will be needed as the ecu on your car is ME7, also unsure if the mounts would be the same. If the mounts are the same, maybe a late P1 ME7 equipped VVT would do the job

Edited by Keyser Soze, 08 January 2012 - 10:23 .

[jimbobsimmonds]

Okie dokie... Heres to me hoping it wont be too expensive to fix....

[adam b]

Might be worth getting it apart and seeing what's wrong first. Matched bearing shells and possibly a crank regrind may well be cheaper than an engine you have no idea about. Especially if you can do that engine and box in the car with the head still on. No idea if thats the case though.

[Tim Williams]

If the car was driven at all after the noise or has had no oil pressure issues in the past and not just been ran low on oil then chances are the crank and conrod will be damaged. The sump can be removed to check all big end bearings but once they spin the conrod is damaged.

[adam b]

Is there any regrind tolerance on them tim? Your main issue Jim is finding out why it did it in the first place.

[jimbobsimmonds]

Why it did it is weird... Coming out of a cirner the traction control seemed to pull back at the same time i did, resulting in engine lurching the car forward...

As for driving it, literally half a mile and that was it....

[jimbobsimmonds]

Sourced a used engine for 400 inc delivery.... Will ring my.mechanic tomorrow and get the bad news....

[Tim Williams]

The cranks can be reground but it's easier and cheaper to just get another. It's very rare for them to go unless they have ran low on oil or recently had new parts.

[jimbobsimmonds]

Hmm, the oil was topped up... You think the hard right hand corner could have briefly starved the engine of oil?