Shminkypinky
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My Stilo 1.6 16V Dynamic with 89,000 miles on it decided to throw a wobbler on Sunday.
The car lost power and started to run like it does whn a coil fails as if it is running on 3 cylinders.
Called AA who read code as cylinder 1 problem. He replaced the coil (I carry spares) then all the spark plugs.
Still the car ran as described - he was scratching his head at this point.
He confirmed all the signals were getting to coils and determined that the car needed a compression test.
Car had compression test by independant mechanic who reports that Cylinder 1 has no compression, cylinder 2 has 19 bar, Cylinder 3 has 12.5 bar 4 has 19 Bar.
Any ideas?? Could this be as simple as a head gasket failure? or is it likely to be valves or pistons.
Is there anything I can do to narrow down the search.
I've even read that this could be an ECU problem - would I get a loss of compression if it was?
Car uses and always has used about a litre a month of oil - is this significant.
I am wondering if its worth fixing as the car is an 02 plate with nearly 90,000 on the clock. I will be gutted if its the end as its been a great car!
Sorry for duplicat post but I only had one reply and I have scoured this site using search tools.
The car lost power and started to run like it does whn a coil fails as if it is running on 3 cylinders.
Called AA who read code as cylinder 1 problem. He replaced the coil (I carry spares) then all the spark plugs.
Still the car ran as described - he was scratching his head at this point.
He confirmed all the signals were getting to coils and determined that the car needed a compression test.
Car had compression test by independant mechanic who reports that Cylinder 1 has no compression, cylinder 2 has 19 bar, Cylinder 3 has 12.5 bar 4 has 19 Bar.
Any ideas?? Could this be as simple as a head gasket failure? or is it likely to be valves or pistons.
Is there anything I can do to narrow down the search.
I've even read that this could be an ECU problem - would I get a loss of compression if it was?
Car uses and always has used about a litre a month of oil - is this significant.
I am wondering if its worth fixing as the car is an 02 plate with nearly 90,000 on the clock. I will be gutted if its the end as its been a great car!
Sorry for duplicat post but I only had one reply and I have scoured this site using search tools.