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Spitfire Engine

Posted 30th June 20181st July 2018 JoeLeave a commentPosted in Engine, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

I originally stripped the whole engine nearly 4 years ago. The main caps and big ends/conrods were already numbered so I think it may have had new big end and main bearings or something at some stage. The pistons look like the original ones as they are stamped with “Stanpart”. I knew the big end […]

VW Golf TDI – PD Engine Issues

Posted 11th October 201511th November 2015 Joe20 CommentsPosted in Motors

I bought a MK4 Golf TDI last year, the 150 BHP version. Everything looked good on paper and it test drove well. I know that they suffer with camshaft issues but this one had a new camshaft installed fairly recently with some work done to the injectors also. It had all the extras I wanted, […]