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bratjie 27-07-2017 12:51

Wasser boxer eng locks up but starts again soon
 
Hi guy's, need some advice please, I have rebuilt a few wbx engines before and even run a 2.1 Turbo in my beetle. I have overhauled a 2.1 standard sizes on case crank & sleeves. When the case came together the crank turned freely by hand. I installed the engine and ran it for half an hour at idle. Then started revving up slightly to check for smoke, knocks, etc,etc and the engine locked up. however after 30 sec's the engine turns freely and will start first time and idles perfect. I reopened and saw that the centre main bearing caps have worked a little harder than the rest but nothing out of the ordinary, cleaned all up, polished the crank, fitted new mains. Now it will idle up to half an hour with 80deg normal, .5 bar oil press at operating temp. still does the same, locks up after half our. If I keep revs at 2300rpm it will lock up up after a minute. 1 minute later it will start up first click and runs like nothing ever happened but half an hour later, same thing. Using 20 W 40 Castrol as in all other builds. anybody had an experience like this before? Also running 1.9 carb on customers request. Please help!

VeeDubber 27-07-2017 14:15

It seems to me that you are running mains with too little play. As soon as the engine heats up, the play is reduced untill there is none left and the engine locks up. It would explain why it happens faster if you rev it up. Did you measure the crankshaft and ordered the bearings accordingly?

bratjie 29-07-2017 13:53

Quote:
Originally Posted by VeeDubber
It seems to me that you are running mains with too little play. As soon as the engine heats up, the play is reduced untill there is none left and the engine locks up. It would explain why it happens faster if you rev it up. Did you measure the crankshaft and ordered the bearings accordingly?


Hi, thx, all internals were STD, going to strip and take it back to engineering to re measure, thx for your input


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