Engine bay dismantle

August 2015

General inspection and more bits to take off today.  I'll let the pics do the talking.

Tired looking leaky engine.  Looks like I will need some oil pipes.

New sump gasket required?

Gearbox - This will take some cleaning up.  Been quite impressed by vapour blasting results i've seen on some other threads.  Maybe that's the way to go.

Power Steering Pump.  A nice paint and this will look fine.

Battery Tray - Not looking too bad.  Surface rust only.

Alternator -  Looks like a "new" unit from Halfords.

Inlet Manifold.  More vapour blasting perhaps.  This will look great when cleaned.

Throttle Body.  Pretty clean on the inside.  I may have cleaned this in the past (can't remember).

Started taking bits off.

The inlet to the thermostat housing looks like its seen better days.

Inlet manifold off.

Oil Out.

Engine bay getting emptier.

Inner wing emptied of all but clips.


I then moved onto some of the electronics.

 

Scuttle panel where the ECU etc are.

Interestingly the blower motor was full of what looks like tissue.

The offending tissue.

Engine ECU and ABS ECU.

Engine ECU

ABS ECU

Some corrosion on the ECU.

There should be a drain hole here.  I guess the blockage has meant the ECU has sat in water for some time and corroded the case.

Quite a productive session overall.