Hi People,

Driving my car Sunday night, just came out of McDonalds drive thru, and my Engine Management Light came on..and it said "Check Engine", my car revs were going up and down, and as soon as i put my foot on acceleration the car died, same thing happened when started back up etc...

Got towed home, luckily my car is still under warranty.
Car stinks of petrol when turned on, Coolant is Black and stinks too, and its loosing Oil. Also Oil breather hose is clogged with thick white stuff.
Its a 1.4 8v 2007 GP with 38,000 miles on clock.

Just waiting to hear from garage now to see what needs to be done, and whats happened ect...

Hopefully not too bad

So what what point did it go BANG

Most Easterly Pandas said:

So what what point did it go BANG

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The bit where I started it up again and tried to drive it....it made like a pop noise and died

jonathaneuk said:

The bit where I started it up again and tried to drive it....it made like a pop noise and died

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So it didn't explode then

Sounds more like a little back fire.

Most Easterly Pandas said:

So it didn't explode then

Sounds more like a little back fire.

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Explode, backfire whatever! Still f****d!

Black stuff in coolant
Breather pipe full of white stuff
EML came on
Oil going somewhere

Sounds to me - HG

This has probably been going on for a while to go ""suddenly"" or something like your fan isn't working and it overheated while in the maccy d's drive through

Ziggy

jonathaneuk said:

Explode, backfire whatever! Still f****d!

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Well saying it blew up when it clearly didn't is hardly going to enable people to help you with diagnosis is it?!

At least you broke down with some food and a toilet nearby!

Hope everything is alright, sounds like a head gasket to me too.

DlightSwitch said:

At least you broke down with some food and a toilet nearby!

Hope everything is alright, sounds like a head gasket to me too.

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Read the post again. He said he broke down at a McDonalds. There was no mention about being near food.

Mozella said:

Read the post again. He said he broke down at a McDonalds. There was no mention about being near food.

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car fully serviced? Had cam belt water pump done?

No never got any food from there....had my tea before i went out ...

Yeah cars been serviced erm haven't had cam belt or waterpump done, cars done 38,000 miles, engine temp.wasn't showing signs of overheating :/

if the coolant has not been changed at the specified interval this could have aggravated the issue as its often overlooked and along with its Antifreeze property it also includes anti corrosion and lubrication agents which could have contributed to the hg issue whilst the engine is in bits might as well get the belt pump and tensioner done whilst its in bits both are over due (4-5 years interval )

Well i got the car when it did 36,000 Miles, and that's when they did a service. The car has now done 38,000 Miles, and i took it down a few months ago because the coolant smelled funny and looked a strange Colour. They flushed the coolant out and put fresh in, and its happened again so there must be a problem somewhere.

The garage is sorting all the problems so i'm not sure if they will change the belt and put a new pump in, because they will want to try and save as much money as they can wont they ? if its under warranty?

Jonathan

The pump and belt won't be covered under warranty anyway.

Magic Johnson said:

The pump and belt won't be covered under warranty anyway.

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They should be if failed inside servicing parameters

Might be worth asking if they will do it at cost of parts belt has to come off if head is removed tensioner is held on by one nut and whilst there water pump takes 10mins tops to change

Most Easterly Pandas said:

They should be if failed inside servicing parameters

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Absolutely, but the car is nearly 6 years old.

the pump will be covered, because my dad got his car from same garage and thats what went on his, and they sorted it under warranty :/

I don't think it will be mate given the age of the car.