Worst/Messy looking engines....

[Eighteeteewhy]

Opposite to the other thread, what engines look a mess? Nothing to do with whether they are good engines or not.

My first nomination is an engine I used to have and is a bit of a nightmare to work on....

Pug/Citroen 1.9 GTI...

[mrmr96]

Do massive engine covers count towards "worst"?

[anonymous-user]

I was looking for a first car for my girlfriend on Gumtree earlier, and ended up looking at sheds

Thought this (Xantia 1.9TD) looked a shambles:

[Dave Hedgehog]

a mess and no torque ..

[Deerfoot]

Renault 5 GT Turbo.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/largepic.asp?i=...

[NightRunner]

Daimler double six.

One of the 'selling points' was that you couldn't get a half brick in the engine bay and close the bonnet. To show how truly powerful it was - I suppose.

The down side was that a basic service was a 2 full day job.

[Dave Hedgehog]

NightRunner said:

Daimler double six.

One of the 'selling points' was that you couldn't get a half brick in the engine bay and close the bonnet. To show how truly powerful it was - I suppose.

The down side was that a basic service was a 2 full day job.

looks like an Albanian plumbers been at work !

[MattOz]

My old Impreza, as for all standard Imprezas, was a mess........

[sjabrown]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Opposite to the other thread, what engines look a mess? Nothing to do with whether they are good engines or not.

My first nomination is an engine I used to have and is a bit of a nightmare to work on....

Pug/Citroen 1.9 GTI...

I find the 205s (1.6 or 1.9) fairly logical to work on. Main bugbear is with the random and unusual sockets and spanners needed. I'll agree they're not pretty but doubt many fuel injected cars of that era would be.

[Chicharito]

OK, this is relatively pretty, but it's a bh to work on - even changing the plugs is a mission:



And you really don't want to do the cam belt on one of these:

[PHuzzy]

MattOz said:

My old Impreza, as for all standard Imprezas, was a mess........

+ fking 1!
They're not only messy to look at, they're an absolute pain in the arse to work on!!

[MarkRSi]

I reckon anything newer than an A-Series engine without an engine cover would be classed as 'messy'

[TheLurker]

MattOz said:

My old Impreza, as for all standard Imprezas, was a mess........

Looks rather good to me I always thought they would be a PITA to work on though,

[m444ttb]

Soon as I saw the thread title I thought 205 GTi! So many bloody hoses!

[Mastodon2]

Looks like a pit of snakes and reputed to be an absolute nightmare to work on

Mitsubishi GTO

[rossub]

TheLurker said:

Looks rather good to me I always thought they would be a PITA to work on though,

Depends on whose working on it. I know a man that can remove the engine in an hour and a half

[Eighteeteewhy]

sjabrown said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

Opposite to the other thread, what engines look a mess? Nothing to do with whether they are good engines or not.

My first nomination is an engine I used to have and is a bit of a nightmare to work on....

Pug/Citroen 1.9 GTI...

I find the 205s (1.6 or 1.9) fairly logical to work on. Main bugbear is with the random and unusual sockets and spanners needed. I'll agree they're not pretty but doubt many fuel injected cars of that era would be.

It's just the fact you have to take half the engine apart to do anything. And as said above, so many hoses!

[Don1]

This is a messy engine...

[PH lurker]

A varient of the Zafira. Not the worst one for mess, but not particularly good and mind numbingly boring.

[shalmaneser]

Eighteeteewhy said:

It's just the fact you have to take half the engine apart to do anything. And as said above, so many hoses!

Back in my pre 16V days I thought they were pretty good, most of the hosing there is just induction stuff, putting a K&N on it tidies the whole thing up plenty. One of the better cars I've worked on, TBH.

The 306 1.9 Dturbo was a complete ahole, though.