Obersturm
Member
Hi all,
it's Marty here chiming in from Australia.
What a wonderful place you have created with all this knowledge and advise. Well, done everybody involved!!!
We all know the feeling: you browse Ebay and in a spur of the moment you think "hey this is cheap, I'll put a bit in"
This is how I came about this 2003 Zafira:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Holden-Z...d=link&campid=5338848546&toolid=20001&mkevt=1
It was alledged it had jumped a few teeth on the chain, so i bought this:
Yesterday i popped the valve cover and found some plastic bits floating around and some silver and gold shimmering flakes in the oil filter and oil that was drained from the sump:
https://s256.photobucket.com/user/obersturm/library/Opel Zafira?sort=3&page=1
I have following questions that I was hoping you people could help me with, please:
How can I find out easily if the valves have been bend and is it still viable to fix this engine? The oil filter should have prevented debris to be pumped into the galleries, right?
Do I need to remove the head to check properly for damage?
Do I need to remove the sump to clean it properly of any debris?
Since I am no mechanic and I have only a basic tool kit do I need all those special tools to lock the flywheel ect to fix the engine correctly or are there some make shift tools I can make up myself?
Once it is up and running, is it a good idea to run 15" alloy wheels from an Astra on it?
All help and advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks and best regards from OZ
Marty
it's Marty here chiming in from Australia.
What a wonderful place you have created with all this knowledge and advise. Well, done everybody involved!!!
We all know the feeling: you browse Ebay and in a spur of the moment you think "hey this is cheap, I'll put a bit in"
This is how I came about this 2003 Zafira:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Holden-Z...d=link&campid=5338848546&toolid=20001&mkevt=1
It was alledged it had jumped a few teeth on the chain, so i bought this:
Yesterday i popped the valve cover and found some plastic bits floating around and some silver and gold shimmering flakes in the oil filter and oil that was drained from the sump:
https://s256.photobucket.com/user/obersturm/library/Opel Zafira?sort=3&page=1
I have following questions that I was hoping you people could help me with, please:
How can I find out easily if the valves have been bend and is it still viable to fix this engine? The oil filter should have prevented debris to be pumped into the galleries, right?
Do I need to remove the head to check properly for damage?
Do I need to remove the sump to clean it properly of any debris?
Since I am no mechanic and I have only a basic tool kit do I need all those special tools to lock the flywheel ect to fix the engine correctly or are there some make shift tools I can make up myself?
Once it is up and running, is it a good idea to run 15" alloy wheels from an Astra on it?
All help and advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks and best regards from OZ
Marty