New Turbo II hitting the forum

lennycarloff · June 14, 2013, 07:30:13 AM

Did you get the caliper fix yet and have you driven it in anger?

Arnie_O · June 14, 2013, 09:18:04 AM

Morning Jim
Yes Calliper is done... But that was not the end of the story...
We found more... As it turned out not to be the calliper

lennycarloff · June 14, 2013, 10:12:30 AM

Once you sort out any little bits you will have a great car .it\'s going to have a few things to sort with it being stood up for a while

Arnie_O · June 14, 2013, 12:57:35 PM

How ironic... Currently sat at the side of the road, awaiting tools to bleed the clutch...
Cheers for that one Jim

grinder · June 14, 2013, 06:17:49 PM

oh dear , whats wrong with it then ?

Arnie_O · June 14, 2013, 07:58:40 PM

Clutch pedal gave out on way home from Mazda Rotary Parts... Was picking up parts for some customers.
Dad arrived with tools... None the right size but by he time he had been to Halfroads it had righted itself
Just tried bleeding it and just getting a continuous stream of air bubbled from the slave cylinder.
Its improved the pedal feel but not sure if its going to last.
Would I be right in thinking this may be a master cylinder issue (if the problem persists)

L18M · June 14, 2013, 11:17:54 PM

see pics now.. nice

whats the specs if you dont mind me asking?

lennycarloff · June 15, 2013, 12:11:17 PM

:spank

You left home without a full tool box!!!!.
Welcome to fc ownership
Don\'t get despondent you know it will be worth it

Arnie_O · June 15, 2013, 12:16:51 PM

You should know me by now Jim... I will sort it out... It\'s going to be worth it

Arnie_O · July 09, 2013, 10:32:55 AM

Ok, so I have repaired the brake and fuel lines, refurbished the calliper, bled the brake and clutch system...
So dad took it over to the dart ford meet last month and on the way back its started running really badly, was stalling and struggling to start.
Upon deeper investigation it appears we have a stuck seal on the front rotor.
It\'s had a couple of seafoam treatments but its not looking good enough to get her running properly again.
It\'s currently soaking in seafoam again (just the effected seal) hoping this may free it up. But there really is very little movement in it.

Fingers crossed I don\'t have to pull the engine and rebuild it.

I did speak to Tim at RXMotors who did the previous build, but he was not very helpful to be honest (not spoken to him before though so may have been the fact I was someone new calling out the blue)

On a side note... What kind of level of bearing failures de you guys see in the S5 FC\'s?

Prof · July 09, 2013, 12:11:23 PM

Welcome to 2nd gens !

Sounds like you\'ve inherited some of the bad habbits of these cars - you can get a fairly cheap rebuild kit for both clutch Master and slave cylinders - they are getting old now, so it\'s not suprsing we are seeing failures. It\'s an easy fix though, and worth it :-)

Bummer on the seal - hope it frees up. Is it running very rich and getting carboned up?

As for bearings - I think that\'s what\'s gone on mine, but have been too busy stripping my old shell down to take the engine apart yet...

Nice looking motor though...

Skifledanabit · July 09, 2013, 12:32:12 PM

Quote from: Arnie_O;859360Test went well. Guy at the station said it was the best condition one he had seen on his ramp (all good)

Yeah, because the only other one he\'s had on there is mine! lol

Arnie_O · July 09, 2013, 01:54:08 PM

Yes it\'s running rich Prof very rich
It\'s only the one seal
The others are moving very well.
It drove fine up till now
I have managed to free them up on RX8\'s before

Casey · July 09, 2013, 11:45:16 PM

Hi Aston - only just found your thread as I missed the start whilst I was abroad

Bummer that you\'ve had these problems, but I\'m sure you\'ll get her sorted soon enough. She certainly looks to be worth the trouble from her general condition.

I had to replace both the master and slave clutch cylinders on the FB soon after getting her back on the road as internal corrosion of the bores had taken them beyond refurb. Cheap parts from RockAuto in the USA and such a simple job cf the 8

Arnie_O · July 10, 2013, 10:58:16 PM

OK so Mr.Froggie and I spent a few hours tonight removing the GT35R turbo kit. The plan was to get a better view in to the engine through the exhaust port
All looks ok inside (using an endoscope type camers) and we got a better look at more of the seal...
Not long finished and we will take another look over the next few days
I want to get a look along the leading and trailing edges of the seal to make sure there is nothing jammed between the seal and the rotor housing.

These are the last checks before the decision is made to pull the engine and strip it.