After seeing Campbellju's post that he's putting his engine back in, I finally looked at mine this evening.
Currently I think I'm looking at a head gasket failure and the catch tank filled with water and oil after the engine made a PPPFFFTTTT sound at around 4500 rpm at low load *4th gear*
(Although the original builder said, I've had massive detonation and the pistons have destroyed themselves - although looking down the bores, pistons looks ok, but I can't tell until I crack it open)
Would it be reasonable to say the piston 1 has been the one that let go?
Bearing in mind that the engine has been untouched for over a year now, do the rest of the plugs look acceptable, or is there anything I might have missed?
PISTON 1
![IMG-20160508-WA0004.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0004.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2363-2ad4b0040f88d96bb1e82527cde6709b.jpg)
![IMG-20160508-WA0005.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0005.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2364-87f69fad0c0b7a06ba566172330c26d7.jpg)
PISTON 2,3,4
![IMG-20160508-WA0007.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0007.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2366-cb1ff4f7b60f38a385267f9fdb207139.jpg)
![IMG-20160508-WA0006.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0006.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2365-b215f05baddcae546a74462ebd5f9cc1.jpg)
![IMG-20160508-WA0009.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0009.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2368-f30ded0b6cb15e8f93da089b03bdd5ab.jpg)
Currently I think I'm looking at a head gasket failure and the catch tank filled with water and oil after the engine made a PPPFFFTTTT sound at around 4500 rpm at low load *4th gear*
(Although the original builder said, I've had massive detonation and the pistons have destroyed themselves - although looking down the bores, pistons looks ok, but I can't tell until I crack it open)
Would it be reasonable to say the piston 1 has been the one that let go?
Bearing in mind that the engine has been untouched for over a year now, do the rest of the plugs look acceptable, or is there anything I might have missed?
PISTON 1
![IMG-20160508-WA0004.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0004.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2363-2ad4b0040f88d96bb1e82527cde6709b.jpg)
![IMG-20160508-WA0005.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0005.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2364-87f69fad0c0b7a06ba566172330c26d7.jpg)
PISTON 2,3,4
![IMG-20160508-WA0007.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0007.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2366-cb1ff4f7b60f38a385267f9fdb207139.jpg)
![IMG-20160508-WA0006.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0006.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2365-b215f05baddcae546a74462ebd5f9cc1.jpg)
![IMG-20160508-WA0009.jpg IMG-20160508-WA0009.jpg](https://www.gtiroc.com/data/attachments/2/2368-f30ded0b6cb15e8f93da089b03bdd5ab.jpg)