So now that I have the workshop space sorted, last night I decided to strip the engine down and open up the case. There was a fair amount of metal fragments and one of the main bearings looks to have been fitted wrong. One of the dowels is missing, there was a lump of silicone in the oilway the bearing is chewed to bits and the case is damaged around the other dowel.
So now what I have to find out is if I can save the case. It's the original engine for to the car and I really can't afford to cough up for a new case for the sake of one tiny area being damaged. I have tried searching online and in the manuals/ books I have as to if this damage has destroyed my case. For now I have a post on VZI to see if I can get some opinions and next I will try speaking to a machine shop.
Fingers crossed it can be saved!!
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