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boxh34d Regular Location: wangaratta Registered: May 2004	5ME completely uber f*cked!!!! Mon, 13 September 2004 12:17 i know the title doesnt sound too interesting, but i couldnt believe it. ( and yes, it is true ) my bro ( about as sharp as a bowling ball when it comes to cars ) found his 5ME was a bit low on compression, and was not running really well... it was diagnosed as a head gasket, so he decided he was going to replace it himself. he replaced it, and for some reason it still ran like a dog, ( worse than a normal 5ME ). i presumed he had not torqued it down properly, or the head was warped or cracked as like i said, he aint that bright. it heated up really easily, and was presurising the radiator, so i thought, its rooted, cracked water jacket or something in the head. take it to the mechanics for a strip down, coz i wouldnt let my bro near his own car, and i didnt have the time to do it. anyways, i get a call about a week later from the mechanic that goes something like this, "mate, you might want to come round and have a look at this thing, shes FUBAR'd!!" i take the trip round there, to find the monstrosity on the ground. the list goes : cyl bores no 2 and 5 had scoring marks close to .5 mm thick, water jackets in the block around 2,3,5 and 6 cyls had corroded so far that they have almost gone to the firing liners from not running coolent ( so there was no meat left for a head gasket ), the head was cracked between the valves and spark plug holes in EVERY cyl, head warped beyond repair, timing chain tensioner had only 2 teeth left, and timing chain was missing half of the side links ( which we found in the sump ), and last but not least, one of the rocker fingers was bent and another one cracked. no wonder why he thought it was down on power!!!!!! i knew he didnt particularly look after his car, but my god, i didnt ever think he was that bad. how wrong was i. lets just say that i think / hope this has convinced him to look after his shit a bit better. thought it might make for an interesting ( if long ) read. thoughts and comments??? anyone ever screwed something worse???? cheers [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	boxh34d	Mon, 13 September 2004 12:17
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	SIMDOG	Mon, 13 September 2004 13:38
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	V8_MA61	Mon, 13 September 2004 13:43
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	Yian	Tue, 14 September 2004 02:00
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	boxh34d	Tue, 14 September 2004 08:40
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	onejayzed	Tue, 14 September 2004 09:01
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	boxh34d	Tue, 14 September 2004 11:01
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	inane	Mon, 01 November 2004 23:36
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	Jag7799	Thu, 16 September 2004 01:04
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	ZZT231	Mon, 11 October 2004 11:09
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	boxh34d	Tue, 12 October 2004 23:57
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	Goose	Fri, 22 October 2004 01:35
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	MS112	Tue, 26 October 2004 12:10
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	boxh34d	Wed, 27 October 2004 02:44
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	TheStitt	Thu, 28 October 2004 09:18
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	Toyota Nut	Tue, 02 November 2004 09:59
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	boxh34d	Tue, 02 November 2004 23:18
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	TRD_Supra	Sat, 26 February 2005 07:50
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	Allan	Fri, 08 April 2005 09:46
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	#Fiend#	Tue, 09 August 2005 14:42
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	SA63	Wed, 10 August 2005 01:51
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	oldcorollas	Wed, 10 August 2005 15:36
	Re: 5ME completely uber f*cked!!!!	Merudo	Thu, 11 August 2005 01:27

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