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It wasn't first time, so it's probably not sealing properly after flipping it and being compressed twice. Thought I might be lucky, should have known better, especially as I have no luck.
Also wish a f**king diagram came with it TBH, especially with the silly shim it comes with too.
I started this morning rebuilding the head. I lapped one valve in at a time using coarse then fine lapping paste to get a nice matt grey finish on the seats. Then I cleaned it all up, fitted a valve stem oil seal, and built up valvetrain by putting the springs, spring caps and collets in. The...
I had been talking to Adrian of AAautosport, he gave me some advice that the 1.8 liners can crack, so I should check it. Luckily I found no evidence of cracking liners.
2 days ago, I filed the step out on the inlet ports. I would have preferred to do a better job but time wasn't on my side. I...