I've got a timing set, but I'll wait until the head is properly torqued down and the tappets set. I'm presuming when
@Saint.V8 refers to getting No1 at TDC he is watching the tappets to tell.
Todays enthusiasm is beginning to drain away. Partly because I'm tired and party because the Elring gasket sets don't list what they contain. (Have I mentioned before that this REALLY winds me up)
Turned my attention to getting other bits ready to go on. Turbo and the oil feed & return pipes and the fuel union to the FIP. Copper washers needed. No problem! I'll go and get them out of my Elring top and bottom gasket sets
Now both the fuel union and oil to turbo unions have two copper washers each.
Can anyone explain the copper washers in these sets?
Some items from the bottom set which I don't know where they are for.
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The copper washers - there are three the right diameter for the FIP fuel union and the oil feed pipe (which are the same diameter I've realised) The two on the left are thin compared to the one next to them which is thicker.
What might they be for? As it's the 'bottom set', those two thinner ones might be for the oil to turbo union!
There is a tiny, collapsible, copper washer and a tiny O ring similar diameter. What are they for?
Whats the shiny metal one for?
The large O ring is the same as the one I put in the sump for the oil pick up. Why would they put two in? To mess with your head to make you think you've missed something important
Or, have I missed something important
So, I turned my attention to the top gasket set. Straightforward, apart from the copper washers
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The big one at the bottom I would suspect is a sump oil plug washer, but it's collapsible. Are they collapsible? I can't remember cos I've had one of these drain plugs on for donkeys years.
The group of 4 are injector washers.
The group of 8 are collapsible. Haven't worked out what they are for yet?
Anyone know?
The group of 3 are similar to the bottom set and the correct diameter for the FIP union and oil to turbo union, except this time 2 are thick and 1 thin
@jamesmartin ,
@neilly , anyone! Sorry if I'm sounding desperate, but I am. Or, just sick. Not sure which
I think I can hear the Guinness is calling anorl, which doesn't help