Nkreig's K16 Geartronic Build by nkreig

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1-6-2014

Just watch your boost and afr for overboosting and lean conditions. I just think my situation went bad from multiple mistakes during the install i.e. important to have the check valve installed and the proper tune loaded. lol Everyone makes mistakes and the shop who performed the work has some very upstanding fellas who are not turning a blind eye to the mistakes and are attempting to right this wrong. We found that the #4 and #5 cylinders look as though they have cracks in the liners and the clearance on cylinder #3 was far beyond spec due to the cylinder taking on the shape of an egg! It is what it is. I spoke to George at VIVA and he is getting all of the parts list together along. I am really leaning towards sleeving the block so I will call Darton later this week to get shipping details and the such. Compression ratio will be dropped to 8.5:1 with forged Wisco's and sent to Darton to be matched to the bore's if everything works out right. The head is disassembled and being sent out for pressure testing and clean up. Hopefully all is AOK with the head. I took pictures and here is a link to another site where I posted them up... http://www.volvocarclubsa.co.za/view...=4560&start=30

1-9-2014

It's difficult to make out the damage. Some that have looked at them on other sites say they just look like ring scratches. Regardless, the bore is out of spec and compression was low along with coolant leak. Guys, do not run Dino oil in your turbo regardless of what Volvo recommends!! U can see in my pics of the head there is cooked oil in there. I switched to Mobil 1 synthetic and when the rebuild is done that is all I will use---synthetic. It does not break down from the high temps of the turbo like conventional oil.