Take the oil cap off and hold your hand above the hole with the engine running. If you feel it puffing you have blow-by, and that means the engine is almost shot.

ahh i see, i will definitely try that.. thanks

does anyone know any good mechanics NOR who would fit the engine for me ?

TLT is a sponsor on here, NOR. Ask them maybe?

sorry to thread hijack but brenton would you be willing to donate that spare motor and box to a club project that trying to get off the ground??

mmmmm im sure ive replyed to this thread... Might have been on PES???

DOHC phoon motor would love my car. But its all just a dream.

What does TLT do? Im lost with what he does. Simon had his car servised there, Some 1 wanted a rebuild... Specialises in everything????

only have mainly 6cyl xd/ xf crap

the spare clevlands finding its way into the xf for licencing and some entertainment maybe at powercruise
351 went for largest cam could find at the time think be impossable to licence plus it owes me 10g if I sell the car use it in a future progect.

have some spare standed bore clevo block, heads, crank ,rods willing to donate but by time we pay for maching pistons etc would be cheaper to get a quakka plus think ditched most the bolts.