JoeyTredia
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Hello guys and greetings from P.R. I'm a newbie and proud owner of 968/2000. I'll try to make the long story short but it will definitely be interesting. I bought this car almost two years ago not running, the guy i bought it from broke a piston so he rebuilt the short block (original 6 bolt) installing wiseco pistons and arp head studs. The head is a 2G stock with an evo intake, stock cams, turbonetics cast manifold and a Garrett 60/1 with a 38mm external wastegate. For now i'm using the stock ecu but will be doing a newer ecu reflash or ecm link install soon. A 3 inch mandrel bent exhaust with a 3 inch magnaflow round muffler. The tranny is in very good condition with a "phantom LSD" installed and a 4 bolt rear diff. Those are the drivetrain mods for your knowledge, now back to the story (problem). After the previous owner rebuilt the short block he confronted some money issues and that's when i bought the car from him. He just threw the engine and tranny back in the bay and i took it home. Every now and then i started to put everything back together, i threw away the old fmic and steel tubing and bought a 650HP capable (frozenboost) water to air ic kit, HKS SSQBOV and installed it. When i finally started the car i had a rare problem with my clutch, when the engine was running i could not shift any gears. I replaced both clutch pumps, primed them and still the same thing, so a friend of mine (drag talon tsi owner) told me it could be the clutch disc sticking to the flywheel, the pressure plate or even the fork. So i decided to take down the tranny and found out that the act pp was not so good and the clutch disc was an organic exedy. The fork seemed ok but i decided to put two washers on the pivot ball just in case. I bought an 2600 ACT Extreme pp and 4 puck disc. Now it gets more interesting, while i had the tranny off, simply for curiosity (remember the short block had been rebuilt) i decided to check for crankwalk and BOOM!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif i did noticed a big lateral play on the crank. I then removed the oil pan and found an ugly groove on the crank, fortunately the block was ok. So i then removed the engine, placed it in an engine stand and installed a "like new" crank (cleaned and polished from a turbo automatic eclipse) new Kings bearings (again) and a rebuilt oil pump because after checking the one the engine had was not so good either. Everything was torqued to specs and put back together. I started the engine (after priming it of course), checked for leaks and everything was ok. When i was going to take it out around the block, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif i still had the same "no shifting issue" so i still went around the block just to see if the issue somehow would "fix" itself and nothing happened. I stepped on the gas a little bit to check the turbo and water to air ic set up, but the turbo did not spooled (i then realized i forgot to connect the vacumm line to the wastegate) so as soon i stepped off the gas i heard something strange (some engine knocking) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif. When i got it back to my garage i noticed that oil had squirted from the block below the intake manifold. Further checking i found that somehow a plug that screws on the block near the starter came off and some oil squirted. The engine still had good oil level though. At idle you don't hear any knocking but at about 2000rpms or less you could hear it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/idea.gif The oil pressure by this time is very low 10psi at idle. I then removed the oil pan and found number 1 and 2 rod bearings ok but number 3 and 4 rod bearings were very bad, the rear cap bearings were also damaged, the middle cap bearing and the front cap bearing were ok. Now you imagine my dilema /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif I really need your expertise advise on this, I need to know the possible causes for that plug to blow or come off and the oil lubrication or pressure probable causes also. Any information will be greatly appreciated. I also uploaded some pics of the problem and i know i have to clean up the engine bay but remember i just finished putting everything back together and still need to finish installing my new AEM wideband, Greddy EGT and Prosport Halo gauges set. Thanks. And great site by the way simply the best. It really feels like my GVR4 all around medical center with the best doctors, nurses and janitors, jajaja.