Rebuild now or later?
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Engine still going after nearly 40k, but its maybe drinking oil, whatever the quantity is from max to min is what it drunk on a return trip from Glasgow to London... not sure that actually qualifies as binging on oil...
Anyway, the question is, do you wait till it pops/brakes, or do you do the rebuild in anticipation of the inevitable?
Prob really stupid question but is it generally a lot cheaper to rebuild before breakdown or symptoms than after? I'm keen on upgrading to 4.3+ but half of me just wants to see how long it will run for with no rebuild!
Anyway, the question is, do you wait till it pops/brakes, or do you do the rebuild in anticipation of the inevitable?
Prob really stupid question but is it generally a lot cheaper to rebuild before breakdown or symptoms than after? I'm keen on upgrading to 4.3+ but half of me just wants to see how long it will run for with no rebuild!
I guess that is not too bad oil consumption then. I did about 840 miles all in.
I could swear I can hear the difference between min/max though. I hope it didn't get low enough to do damage. The oil was just touching the very tip.
Although I watch the instruments like a hawk and always listening out for unusual noises like a paranoid maniac, I should have re-checked oil at some point half way during the trip. So I'm pretty f***d orf with myself for that...
Other side effects of the trip were:
Engine mount is done for (lasted about a year I think). I already had a very slight engine mount related rattle on cold startup, but pretty sure the 2hr long queue on M6 killed it with heatsoak... gear knob was unbearable at times. Already have new mounts from Racetech that are allegedly be the best/latest version. They look noticeably different material to the ones I previously got from tvrpower. Hopefully this "latest" "best" version lasts longer.
The engine fan relay got stuck On on arrival, re-seating it sorted it out, but will replace anyway.
I could swear I can hear the difference between min/max though. I hope it didn't get low enough to do damage. The oil was just touching the very tip.
Although I watch the instruments like a hawk and always listening out for unusual noises like a paranoid maniac, I should have re-checked oil at some point half way during the trip. So I'm pretty f***d orf with myself for that...
Other side effects of the trip were:
Engine mount is done for (lasted about a year I think). I already had a very slight engine mount related rattle on cold startup, but pretty sure the 2hr long queue on M6 killed it with heatsoak... gear knob was unbearable at times. Already have new mounts from Racetech that are allegedly be the best/latest version. They look noticeably different material to the ones I previously got from tvrpower. Hopefully this "latest" "best" version lasts longer.
The engine fan relay got stuck On on arrival, re-seating it sorted it out, but will replace anyway.
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