am i sad

[x 7usc]

hi guys, very new to p,heads post wise (been reading for a while)jus wanted to ask if anyone missed their car like mad while it was away for rebuild? mine has been gone since the 13th nov and i miss her so so much!! i only had her for six months before the expected failure (roaming shim found its way to scavenger pump!!!)

she is a mk1 tuscan

Edited by x 7usc on Saturday 12th January 04:56

[KillerJim]

Sorry to here about your failure, but what model do you drive?

Edited by KillerJim on Friday 11th January 09:19

[so called]

That sounds like a Speed Six engine.
I bought my Tuscan in Oct 2006.
Sent it for engine rebuild early Nov 06 and got her back in Feb 07. 4 months of agony.
She then through a shim in March 07. Luck though, I shut down straight away and the shim was found right next to the valve.

Hope you get her back soon.

[rev-erend]

Don't worry - at lease it happen at a miserable time of year .. when it's really not that great idea to drive a light weight powerful sportscar with no traction control..

It will be back for the spring and you should have a whale of a time..

[D14 AYS]

I bought mine 2nd November 2007, threw a shim the same day went to Power for a full rebuild on the 15th, picked it up 20th December. Now it is nearly run in Who is doing your rebuild?

Dean

[SharkyTVR]

Mines been off the road for over a year now during it's restoration. I have to look at it every day in the workshop in pieces and it's sooo depressing! Good thing is I only drove it once after buying it then it was ripped to pieces so I can't miss it too much. The highlight of my day is starting him up and hearing that engine!Gladly though mines off the road for aesthetic changes, the engine is the one bit still in tact and working smoothly

4L V8 by the way, amazingly never misses a beat despite dust and non useage!

So no you arn't sad, I suspect you won't feel whole again till you're back behind the wheel

Edited by SharkyTVR on Friday 11th January 17:33

[Whitey]

Does anyone know or did you find out why the engines threw a shim?

[x 7usc]

hi dean
sorry to hear about yours mate, glad she is nearly run in though. guy doing rebuild is a chap called jason at str8 six, his name has popped up in the forums a few times, he used to build engines at the factory

[SharkyTVR]

TVR moneypit said:

And yes, I do miss her, (are tivs male or female?).

Depends on the car & owner, mine just feels male, but then I am female. Most men would call theirs a she though as with all mechanical stuff.

[so called]

Whitey said:

Does anyone know or did you find out why the engines threw a shim?

I was told that the shim problem is rare but it would be interesting to know how many S6 engined car owners have had this problem.
I never got a clear explanation of how it can happen.

[D14 AYS]

so called said:

Whitey said:

Does anyone know or did you find out why the engines threw a shim?

I was told that the shim problem is rare but it would be interesting to know how many S6 engined car owners have had this problem.
I never got a clear explanation of how it can happen.

Mine was caused by my cats breaking down and a piece finding its way into the piston check your cats guys

[GreenV8S]

D14 AYS said:

Mine was caused by my cats breaking down and a piece finding its way into the piston check your cats guys

Wow, that's remarkable. Wouldn't the debris have had to travel back up the exhaust against the gas flow and against gravity and then make its way past the valve, for that to happen?

[D14 AYS]

GreenV8S said:

D14 AYS said:

Mine was caused by my cats breaking down and a piece finding its way into the piston check your cats guys

Wow, that's remarkable. Wouldn't the debris have had to travel back up the exhaust against the gas flow and against gravity and then make its way past the valve, for that to happen?

Isn't it just, I found it hard to accept as well, but I have been assured this is the exact cause from a shim jumping off. It cost a lot

[Yellabelly]

[quote=D14 AYS
Mine was caused by my cats breaking down and a piece finding its way into the piston check your cats guys
[/quote]

Sorry, but that is a physical impossibility, it means it has to have reversed the whole function of the engine such that it sucked the piece back from the exhaust!!!!
Who told you it was from the cats?

It is remarkable, as GreenV8S was stating, that someone should suggest that that was the cause, but without being as blunt as me. Apart from which the Cats are a ceramic material and that lump is clearly a steel, looking at the way it has deformed it would seem to be a mild steel, rather than a hardened steel, it has to have entered from the intake side of the engine. Also it is odd that you have such damage to the valve spring cap, as the head of the valve stem should be above the valve spring cap and that there is the seeming loss of the collet.
But then what do I know I've only got a little V6 in mine so it's not a real TVR!!

Good luck with it anyway.
YB

[Chuggaboom]

Does seem highly unlikely...more like summit came loose (or was left in by accident) in the induction area, and was then sucked in, causing the problem.

[Whitey]

so called said:

Whitey said:

Does anyone know or did you find out why the engines threw a shim?

I was told that the shim problem is rare but it would be interesting to know how many S6 engined car owners have had this problem.
I never got a clear explanation of how it can happen.

When my 600 mile old factory rebuild threw a shim in autumn 06, the factory at the time said it was either a poor quality shim (apparantly they had a bad batch and got them mixed up with the ok ones) or I had down changed incorrectly and over-revved the engine.

As I had been sitting on the M4 at a steady speed when my engine suddenly turned into a diesel I decided it was either a bad shim or option 3: shit design.

Luckily for me the shim did not end up in the oil pump as they normally do and the fix did not require another rebuild. Just a new shim and guide retainer.

[Whitey]

Yellabelly said:

[quote=D14 AYS
Mine was caused by my cats breaking down and a piece finding its way into the piston check your cats guys

Sorry, but that is a physical impossibility, it means it has to have reversed the whole function of the engine such that it sucked the piece back from the exhaust!!!!
Who told you it was from the cats?

It is remarkable, as GreenV8S was stating, that someone should suggest that that was the cause, but without being as blunt as me. Apart from which the Cats are a ceramic material and that lump is clearly a steel, looking at the way it has deformed it would seem to be a mild steel, rather than a hardened steel, it has to have entered from the intake side of the engine. Also it is odd that you have such damage to the valve spring cap, as the head of the valve stem should be above the valve spring cap and that there is the seeming loss of the collet.
But then what do I know I've only got a little V6 in mine so it's not a real TVR!!

Good luck with it anyway.
YB

Dom at power also told me the cats do get sucked back into the engine, something to do with engine pulsing. Others with early ie 2000-2003 engine rebuilds were told this also, although I don't know by who, probably the factory I guess in the early days.

Did not think the TVR cats were ceramic, but they certainly do a nice job of breaking down/burning out quickly.

[x 7usc]

she is back!!! been out today to try and add some miles to run her in. i now have face ache from the constant grin which i cant seem to loose. well done jason @ str8 six and fernhurst for looking after me so well.

[ironictwist]

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