Hi, just a quick question.... hopefully, bought a astra sri 2.2 back in feb and have been rebuilding the engine since, its had:
piston rings
big end bearings
big end bolt
16x new valves
16x New valve guided
16x valve stem seals
head skim,clean and decoke
all valves lapped in
16x new tappets
new timing chain kit
new head gasket
new water pump
new oil and filter
egr blanked off
new head bolts
new 3pc clutch kit
right, when i was building it, it was on a stand in the shed the whole time, the mistake i think i made was with the timing chain, fitted it correctly only to have to remove it again to fit a head bolt that was missed ( one of the small ones). when i was torquing the cam bolts back up stupidly in a rush i forgot to lock the cams, and the crank was locked. it was the inlet cam i was tightening and as it got to being at the correct torque i heard a click, checked everything on the chain and components and couldnt see anything wrong, so now that its back in ive got a slight problem, the engine starts and runs, but it seems to be ticking, not very load but load enough, also the engine seems to be 'shaking' at idle :think: and sounds like every now and again its misfiring, only slightlty. and when driving the car it is fast but dosent seem to be as fast as it shoulld be, is it possible that maby the chain slipped and is out by a couple of teeth and thats whats causing the problems? its done aboute 15 miles since the rebuild, i need to sort it out before next week realy as i need to get it on the road, any advice would be great
thanks
piston rings
big end bearings
big end bolt
16x new valves
16x New valve guided
16x valve stem seals
head skim,clean and decoke
all valves lapped in
16x new tappets
new timing chain kit
new head gasket
new water pump
new oil and filter
egr blanked off
new head bolts
new 3pc clutch kit
right, when i was building it, it was on a stand in the shed the whole time, the mistake i think i made was with the timing chain, fitted it correctly only to have to remove it again to fit a head bolt that was missed ( one of the small ones). when i was torquing the cam bolts back up stupidly in a rush i forgot to lock the cams, and the crank was locked. it was the inlet cam i was tightening and as it got to being at the correct torque i heard a click, checked everything on the chain and components and couldnt see anything wrong, so now that its back in ive got a slight problem, the engine starts and runs, but it seems to be ticking, not very load but load enough, also the engine seems to be 'shaking' at idle :think: and sounds like every now and again its misfiring, only slightlty. and when driving the car it is fast but dosent seem to be as fast as it shoulld be, is it possible that maby the chain slipped and is out by a couple of teeth and thats whats causing the problems? its done aboute 15 miles since the rebuild, i need to sort it out before next week realy as i need to get it on the road, any advice would be great
thanks