TCT Activa by Jeth

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 17 Apr 2010, 19:48

Yeah i remember that, few places you can go with your intake, Citroen didnt really design that many areas.

Jeth · Unread post by **Jeth** » 18 Apr 2010, 00:01

Jeth wrote: And when i finally get it broken, i'll do it stonger and more powerful

Well i didn't need to wait that too long..

Huge oil cloud coming from breather pipe.

Need to take engine out and see what to do.

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 18 Apr 2010, 07:13

Jeth wrote:
Jeth wrote: And when i finally get it broken, i'll do it stonger and more powerful
Well i didn't need to wait that too long..

Huge oil cloud coming from breather pipe.

Need to take engine out and see what to do.

How many miles has it done? Its quite normal for a high boost engine to breathe heavily, its a good idea to uprate the breather system to help reduce pressure on the piston rings because when boost goes up, crankcase pressure goes up too. I would go catch tank on it. As long as compression is good, monitor oil usage and go from there. You'l know when the engine is shot but a heavy breather shouldnt be a reason to rebuild it yet.

Koukku · Unread post by **Koukku** » 18 Apr 2010, 13:36

Here's me and Jeth going at it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcW126WW6Lc
Once he got grip on third gear he overtook me like I was standing still...

My PB was 15,216@149,32km/h.

Jeth · Unread post by **Jeth** » 18 Apr 2010, 14:23

Its got 195k miles now, so its not a big supprise that engine gave up.

Ill need to take engine ou anyway.. Maybe some New plans

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 18 Apr 2010, 17:28

With that many miles, i would say its had its best days... time for some forged pistons!

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 18 Apr 2010, 19:36

Oh dear Jeth

It had a short but brilliant career

I'll be interested to know what let go. I'd suspect a holed piston as a result of detonation or one or more of the top rings gave out for the same reason...

The bottom end is normally able to take the kind of power you were developing but as Gareth says, some forged pistons may be a good thought for next time...

XantiaMan · Unread post by **XantiaMan** » 18 Apr 2010, 20:25

Serious loss of compression if you had a holed piston though Jim... I suspect its just worn out. If its smoking from the exhaust and creating a smokescreen then rings/ringlands on the pistons could be cracked, but if mapped correctly then detonation wont be the cause of his issues

Jeth · Unread post by **Jeth** » 19 Apr 2010, 15:16

Cylinder 1 very oily and it had most compression

Jeth · Unread post by **Jeth** » 20 Apr 2010, 17:32

Some progress:

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 20 Apr 2010, 17:39

No. 3 cylinder looks a tad low Jeth...

My goodness, you work quickly

You have not let the grass grow under your feet there!!!!

(a quaint old English expression to describe someone who works fast...)

Jeth · Unread post by **Jeth** » 20 Apr 2010, 17:48

CitroJim wrote:No. 3 cylinder looks a tad low Jeth...

My goodness, you work quickly You have not let the grass grow under your feet there!!!!

(a quaint old English expression to describe someone who works fast...)

Hehe, thanks.

My goal is to get engine out this week.

Then friend of mine comes to rub old paint off

Jeth · Unread post by **Jeth** » 27 Apr 2010, 17:39

And then engine came out:

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 27 Apr 2010, 21:00

Putting a positive spin on things Jeth, you now have an ideal opportunity to really clean the engine bay and make it look nice

Looking forward to hearing news of what let go inside the engine...

Jeth · Unread post by **Jeth** » 10 Aug 2010, 11:58

Project has been standing still for a while now, I did open the engine, piston rings and pistons etc. are looking good, only headgasket had blown really badly..

Oh well, now that engine is stripped im building it with new stock parts, and sadly selling it after getting it running :/

Already sold VEMS and turbo I used on it..