General it's terminal...

kayl0rz · Feb 22, 2008

i think im actually gonna cry

BravoBeastie went in garage to have new tyres, and i asked the garage man to have a gander at why shes missing in the low revs... he said compression was down on cylinder 1, its slow to 100. but he hadnt had a proper look.. so went back later in the day... and i was told its terminal

he said something about the bore of the block had widened

and its letting the gasses out or something. so its either a new engine, or a complete rebuild. i dont have that kinda money to get a garage to do it or the knowledge to do it myself.

im proper gutted. shes too good for scrap and i dont know what to do. i just feel like crying

bandido41 · Feb 22, 2008

Sorry to hear that kay

best bet would be to get a new engine im sue if you saved a little some members of the forum would be willing to donate some time to help you do an engine swap?

Xen · Feb 22, 2008

thats odd.. surely the piston rings would wear before the cylinder walls wore?

either way, i can understand how gutted you must be

engine transplant could be the way to go, or if you could find a block on its own, even cheaper

dave · Feb 22, 2008

was a 1.4 stilo engine on ebay the other day

beau · Feb 22, 2008

this is cheap-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ENGINE-1242CC...ryZ10382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

kayl0rz · Feb 22, 2008

its also miles away.

im emailing a guy down the road with a 60k 1.2 16v engine hopefully if all is good, can get it on sunday and things will be rolling

Xen · Feb 22, 2008

ya see, things are looking up already

dave · Feb 22, 2008

strange though, because if bore is worn you would expect to hear piston slap

dave · Feb 22, 2008

also if you changing engine, you may as well get a 1.4

coxy1892 · Feb 22, 2008

dave said:
also if you changing engine, you may as well get a 1.4

i agree but shame though i know the feeling

klemster · Feb 22, 2008

how easy is it to fit a stilo 1.4?

dave · Feb 23, 2008

easy as fitting another 1.2

bridges · Feb 23, 2008

kayl0rz said:
i think im actually gonna cry

BravoBeastie went in garage to have new tyres, and i asked the garage man to have a gander at why shes missing in the low revs... he said compression was down on cylinder 1, its slow to 100. but he hadnt had a proper look.. so went back later in the day... and i was told its terminal he said something about the bore of the block had widened and its letting the gasses out or something. so its either a new engine, or a complete rebuild. i dont have that kinda money to get a garage to do it or the knowledge to do it myself.

im proper gutted. shes too good for scrap and i dont know what to do. i just feel like crying

something sounds suspect here.

How, without stripping the engine down does he know this?
low compression would be more likely a head gasket valve or a worn piston ring. Does the car give off blue smoke?

I would seriously consider a second opinion.

The garage mechanic might be 100% right as these cars suffer oil starvation.

A trade technique when a garage doesn't want to touch a car is to diagnose it as terminal. Usually to sell you another one or because they dont want to touch it.

I would have someone else look at the car.

klemster · Feb 23, 2008

how is it easier than fitting a 1.2?

Oldschool · Feb 23, 2008

What are the compression readings?

beau · Feb 23, 2008

klemster said:
how is it easier than fitting a 1.2?

its as easy as, not easier.

kayl0rz · Feb 23, 2008

ive been at a RR day with a VW forum today (sorry

), and got a few opinions on the car.. they all think i need a second opinion. its not kicking blue smoke.. and apprently you would get piston slap if what shaun (my local garage man) says about the problem is true. and piston rings would go first

they said to keep an eye on the oil and get a second opinion. i just find it weird that with this apprent problem.. she still managed to kick out 94 horses on the RR a few weeks ago

dave · Feb 23, 2008

kayl0rz said:
and apprently you would get piston slap if what shaun (my local garage man) says about the problem is true.

i said that in post 8

kayl0rz · Feb 23, 2008

like i actually read what people post

arc · Feb 23, 2008

take it back to the garage who did the headgasket change. sounds like it wasn't skimmed or some other bodge

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