Hello,
After blowing the timing belt on my 405 Diesel (ouch), I'm looking at doing an engine transplant from my spare car. I have a few questions about how to proceed:
According to the Haynes, you need to remove the air con condensor to do this job. But that requires a de-gas and from where I live I'd need a refrigeration person to travel something like 250km round trip to do that job. Or else tow the car 250km round trip. Either way I'd like to avoid it. Looking under the bonnet it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to manoeuvre the engine out with the condensor in situ. Obviously there's a risk of damage but a piece of ply cut to size and sitting over the condensor should take care of that. Also should be possible if necessary to remove some bits and bobs (eg alternator, power steering pump, oil filter) to make the engine a bit narrower.
I know there's also the option of doing it the Peugeot way of dropping the engine out from underneath. But my work environment makes that look very difficult and unpleasant. I'd much rather pull it out the top.
Some subsidiary questions: any suggestions about what to do (other than change the timing belt!) while I'm doing the transplant and have the engine out of the vehicle? Clutch seems an obvious one. Turbo maybe? Anything else?
Final question, when I finally get it done I might strip down the busted engine to check out the damage. I understand that best case scenario is just bent valves, worst includes damage to pistons and bearings. Can anyone point me to how to diagnose how bad the damage is and what the repair costs are likely to be? I'm on the South Coast of WA but reasonably frequently in Perth.
Many thanks to those sharing their wisdom and experience!
After blowing the timing belt on my 405 Diesel (ouch), I'm looking at doing an engine transplant from my spare car. I have a few questions about how to proceed:
According to the Haynes, you need to remove the air con condensor to do this job. But that requires a de-gas and from where I live I'd need a refrigeration person to travel something like 250km round trip to do that job. Or else tow the car 250km round trip. Either way I'd like to avoid it. Looking under the bonnet it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to manoeuvre the engine out with the condensor in situ. Obviously there's a risk of damage but a piece of ply cut to size and sitting over the condensor should take care of that. Also should be possible if necessary to remove some bits and bobs (eg alternator, power steering pump, oil filter) to make the engine a bit narrower.
I know there's also the option of doing it the Peugeot way of dropping the engine out from underneath. But my work environment makes that look very difficult and unpleasant. I'd much rather pull it out the top.
Some subsidiary questions: any suggestions about what to do (other than change the timing belt!) while I'm doing the transplant and have the engine out of the vehicle? Clutch seems an obvious one. Turbo maybe? Anything else?
Final question, when I finally get it done I might strip down the busted engine to check out the damage. I understand that best case scenario is just bent valves, worst includes damage to pistons and bearings. Can anyone point me to how to diagnose how bad the damage is and what the repair costs are likely to be? I'm on the South Coast of WA but reasonably frequently in Perth.
Many thanks to those sharing their wisdom and experience!