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It is decision time, my 940 proved yesterday that Swedish cars do have a sense of humour. It decided its birthday present to me was throwing its toys out of the pram, or more precisely spitting its water out round the engine compartment.
I'm not entirely sure what it has done, but it used 2 litres of water in 8 miles
When I started it this morning it was reluctant to turn over, indicative I think of a bit of water in the bores. It then started easily, but it doesn't run terribly well. When it was cold the clouds of oily steam out of the back were spectacular. Literally all I could see in the mirrors was blueish smoke. I think it has either spectacularly blown the head gasket or cracked something.
The engine has done a bit over 220K miles, and I know it has a lot of bore wear from when I did the head gasket about 65K miles ago. Basically although the engine does still run it is toast. The question I'm asking myself is do I
a) Scrap it and buy another car
b) Lob in a used engine and call it good, I do have one
c) Clean out a good bottom end I have, re ring and re bearing it, lob in a set of Pauter rods (got those too) and top it off with a 531 head? Originally I was going to put a set of stainless Manley valves in the head. There is however a fly in that ointment. Dom Santiago of this parish has both my valves and the $165.00 I paid for them which is boringly "Turbobricks". I do have an IPD cam in the car which should go again.
It was kind of sad driving it this morning, sick though it was it still wanted to go. I've been everywhere in that car, from Norway down to Portugal and Spain. I once made it tow a loaded car trailer 980 miles in 18 hours non stop. On another occasion I drove it from Oslo to Rome in a weekend. I started at 5.30 on Friday afternoon in Oslo, got to my meeting in Rome at 8.30 monday morning and had 3 full nights sleep..
Just in case I scrap it, here are a few highlights.....
In the middle of Sweden
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In the Alps
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Meeting a friend in Germany
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Cracking 100K miles
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Hard at work
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Afsluitdijk in Holland
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Baking in Spain
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And feeling chilly, this is just a few weeks back..
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I've lost count of the number of ferry crossings we've made, This is Switserland to Italy
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Austria
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And losts of towed 2CVs
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I'm not entirely sure what it has done, but it used 2 litres of water in 8 miles
When I started it this morning it was reluctant to turn over, indicative I think of a bit of water in the bores. It then started easily, but it doesn't run terribly well. When it was cold the clouds of oily steam out of the back were spectacular. Literally all I could see in the mirrors was blueish smoke. I think it has either spectacularly blown the head gasket or cracked something.
The engine has done a bit over 220K miles, and I know it has a lot of bore wear from when I did the head gasket about 65K miles ago. Basically although the engine does still run it is toast. The question I'm asking myself is do I
a) Scrap it and buy another car
b) Lob in a used engine and call it good, I do have one
c) Clean out a good bottom end I have, re ring and re bearing it, lob in a set of Pauter rods (got those too) and top it off with a 531 head? Originally I was going to put a set of stainless Manley valves in the head. There is however a fly in that ointment. Dom Santiago of this parish has both my valves and the $165.00 I paid for them which is boringly "Turbobricks". I do have an IPD cam in the car which should go again.
It was kind of sad driving it this morning, sick though it was it still wanted to go. I've been everywhere in that car, from Norway down to Portugal and Spain. I once made it tow a loaded car trailer 980 miles in 18 hours non stop. On another occasion I drove it from Oslo to Rome in a weekend. I started at 5.30 on Friday afternoon in Oslo, got to my meeting in Rome at 8.30 monday morning and had 3 full nights sleep..
Just in case I scrap it, here are a few highlights.....
In the middle of Sweden
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In the Alps
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Meeting a friend in Germany
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Cracking 100K miles
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Hard at work
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Afsluitdijk in Holland
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Baking in Spain
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And feeling chilly, this is just a few weeks back..
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I've lost count of the number of ferry crossings we've made, This is Switserland to Italy
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Austria
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And losts of towed 2CVs
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