Some better weather (cool at 15 degC, but at least the sun is out and it's not raining) has given me some much needed motivation to work on stripping the front cut.
I firstly did an oil change on the engine with just some cheap oil and I will be adding some Penrite Storage Oil Supplement as well. The supplement is primarily designed for classic cars that spend a high percentage of their life in a garage to stop internal corrosion in the engine, gearbox, diff oils, but it perfect my this application where the engine may not be used for a couple of years.
Mechanical items stripped off the front cut today : Air-conditioning condensor & all A/C piping, radiator & overflow bottle, intercooler & piping, exhaust from turbo onwards, power steering reservior & lines. Most of the fluids are already drained before the front cut is shipped from Japan so there are only a few residual fluids in the system to drain off. I have disconnected all sensors, valves, injectors and wiring in the engine bay and all are well labelled, but I ran out of duct tape for labelling before I could finish all the rest of it (Only the alternator & starter motor are left to disconnect anyway). Next step - alternator & starter motor connections and removing the entire dash and loom.
One thing I have noticed is that there seems to be a quite a few air bypass valves and much air recirculation piping in the engine bay - I assume all to meet emission regulations at the time. I have had some trouble identifying exactly how some of these bypass valves & sensors are supposed to work, but I doubt they will reused when the engine is installed in the Mini anyway. The rest of the stuff is pretty straight forward - oil pressure, water temperature, Exhaust temperature, knock sensor, air temperature, auxillary air valve etc
Here is a pic of a few hours into today, but it's currently disassembled more than this.
I firstly did an oil change on the engine with just some cheap oil and I will be adding some Penrite Storage Oil Supplement as well. The supplement is primarily designed for classic cars that spend a high percentage of their life in a garage to stop internal corrosion in the engine, gearbox, diff oils, but it perfect my this application where the engine may not be used for a couple of years.
Mechanical items stripped off the front cut today : Air-conditioning condensor & all A/C piping, radiator & overflow bottle, intercooler & piping, exhaust from turbo onwards, power steering reservior & lines. Most of the fluids are already drained before the front cut is shipped from Japan so there are only a few residual fluids in the system to drain off. I have disconnected all sensors, valves, injectors and wiring in the engine bay and all are well labelled, but I ran out of duct tape for labelling before I could finish all the rest of it (Only the alternator & starter motor are left to disconnect anyway). Next step - alternator & starter motor connections and removing the entire dash and loom.
One thing I have noticed is that there seems to be a quite a few air bypass valves and much air recirculation piping in the engine bay - I assume all to meet emission regulations at the time. I have had some trouble identifying exactly how some of these bypass valves & sensors are supposed to work, but I doubt they will reused when the engine is installed in the Mini anyway. The rest of the stuff is pretty straight forward - oil pressure, water temperature, Exhaust temperature, knock sensor, air temperature, auxillary air valve etc
Here is a pic of a few hours into today, but it's currently disassembled more than this.
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