Blown up supersprint

[Paul]

Just blew up my supersprnt (see related topic). Don't know much about the 1700 X-flow. Bought my Seven second hand.

 

Having stripped the block, I find no. 4 cylinder liner has nipped and been pulled down. Not too much damage to the head or the crank shaft. Obviously no. 4 piston is knackered.

 

What seems strange to me is that the liner has slipped to reveal a big hole in the block. It doesn't look like the hole is a result of the liner failure.

 

I suppose my questions are:

 

1. Are 1700s cylinders all bored out and then lined?

 

2. Is it standard for 1700s to be bored out right into the block water channels, with a liner then fitted?

 

3. Is it possible to bodge up a previous engine block failure with a new liner?

 

Cheers,

 

Paul.

[Dave H]

Paul,

My elderly 1700 x-flow certainly doesn't have liners, and the literature I've seen makes little mention of them, so I think the answer to your questions are No, No, and Probably, as in your case it looks like someone tried. Give one of the experts a ring -James Whiting or Roger King have forgotten more about these things than most of us will ever know...and are happy to talk about them