Decided to strip down the top end of the 106 engine todays. It's always had a slight misfure and it's a bit smokey on startup so decided it was about time I did something about it.
So after much messing about I wipped the head off today and started stripping it down. Unfortunately due to the weather and lack of space in my garage I had to take the head indoors to clean it up - so here's how our dining room table currently looks:
But I'm glad I took it all apart, as the valves are seriously coked up. But I'm popping over to Dad's tomorrow to clean them all up, as my cordless drill here isn't man enough for the job!! Managed to clean the cylinder head though and that's come up pretty well. Also the valve stems seals were rock hard, as were the inlet manifold seals so they're all changed now. And when I took the rocker cover off I realised why it sounded to tappety - some of the rockers must of had about 3mm of play in them - bit more than the
0.2/0.4mm they should be. Hopefully I'll be able to adjust them ok when it all goes back together!!I've also got a new cambelt (obviously), tensioner, water pump and headbolts to go on - for once there's been no expense spared.
So I'm hoping that this overhaul will result in a much smoother and potentially more powerful engine. Fingers crossed!!