JackSeriesIII
Member
Evening All,
After finishing my series 3 project I have some free time so I purchased another project but ended up selling it to various mates for bits so I am left with this 3.9 V8 of unknown condition so I have decided to get it running and tart it up a lot ready for another project in the future.
So this is what I have started with a very oily 3.9 V8 with an lpg kit.
This evening i pulled off the Lpg kit as i plan to run it on petrol.
Couldn't see anything majorly wrong or out of place apart from a few frayed pipes that clearly haven't worked for a while.
The engine block itself is very oily, not too sure on where the majority of it is coming from.
I am not sure on the age of the engine, the mileage was supposedly around 70,000 how true that is who knows the vehicle hadn't moved in its unfinished project form for 3 years since the engine was fitted and it was never started in the vehicle. If anyone has an idea of age the engine number is 35D11930B.
One thing i did notice is that the filler cap smells of petrol as does the oil to a degree, im not sure if the oil just hasnt been changed for a few years or if this is pointing to something more serious. Not too sure on what could cause this as i have only really worked on diesel engines before.
So my new project is off to a start and having looked at prices of parts just to try and start it i can safely say this may well be a long project, but i will keep posting on here.
After finishing my series 3 project I have some free time so I purchased another project but ended up selling it to various mates for bits so I am left with this 3.9 V8 of unknown condition so I have decided to get it running and tart it up a lot ready for another project in the future.
![IMG_0433_zps2dbf8c6b.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1114.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk540%2Fbailey-vrs%2FV8%2520SHIZZ%2FIMG_0433_zps2dbf8c6b.jpg&hash=b0e111a36d94e2015a93f46dd8540f9f)
So this is what I have started with a very oily 3.9 V8 with an lpg kit.
This evening i pulled off the Lpg kit as i plan to run it on petrol.
![IMG_0508_zps3bdcfea4.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1114.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk540%2Fbailey-vrs%2FV8%2520SHIZZ%2FIMG_0508_zps3bdcfea4.jpg&hash=809da7bd4b1eb72f5a774193a5c5d4bb)
Couldn't see anything majorly wrong or out of place apart from a few frayed pipes that clearly haven't worked for a while.
The engine block itself is very oily, not too sure on where the majority of it is coming from.
![IMG_0509_zpsb059a2e5.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1114.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk540%2Fbailey-vrs%2FV8%2520SHIZZ%2FIMG_0509_zpsb059a2e5.jpg&hash=44ca6de64dbfa95962d4a2c37a372609)
I am not sure on the age of the engine, the mileage was supposedly around 70,000 how true that is who knows the vehicle hadn't moved in its unfinished project form for 3 years since the engine was fitted and it was never started in the vehicle. If anyone has an idea of age the engine number is 35D11930B.
One thing i did notice is that the filler cap smells of petrol as does the oil to a degree, im not sure if the oil just hasnt been changed for a few years or if this is pointing to something more serious. Not too sure on what could cause this as i have only really worked on diesel engines before.
So my new project is off to a start and having looked at prices of parts just to try and start it i can safely say this may well be a long project, but i will keep posting on here.