General how about a warm welcome for our newest 20 valver

[bulldog5046]

yes yes, calm down, i do now happen to own a metalic dark blue fiat marea weekend 2.0 20v

needed a new gaskey on the exhaust manifold, cost me £390 its quite a minter, full leather interior

 

[custard]

lot of car for the cash
wouldnt mind one as a second reliable car

 

[bulldog5046]

its fantasic i gotta go play

 

[dave]

how do you know if engine sounds ok? surley you cant hear it too well with gasket gone

 

[bulldog5046]

well if it isnt after i replace the gasket i have another engine lined up for £250

 

[custard]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIAT-MAREA-ES...4618812497QQcategoryZ9843QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

looks nice,if the engines okay then you got a bargain

 

[bulldog5046]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIAT-MAREA-ES...4618812497QQcategoryZ9843QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

looks nice,if the engines okay then you got a bargain

i got a bargin anyway just because its got full leather interior

 

[chrisunoman]

You got a bargain because its got a leather interior!???!!!! Sounds like youve got your priorities wrong!

 

[AppleSei]

The wife and kids will look snug inside it.............

 

[Steven]

I reckon this one was worth a punt. He'll easily make what he paid back if it's shot and he has to break it.

 

[Steven]

The wife and kids will look snug inside it.............

Says the Sei driver! The only way your Cento would keep up with that car is if it was loaded into the boot! :slayer:

 

[AppleSei]

Says the Sei driver! The only way your Cento would keep up with that car is if it was loaded into the boot! :slayer:

We'll fit your sei AND panda while were at it

I never said it was a bad car.......

In parts alone its worth what ryan paid, and it has had an engine replacement, so its got plenty of life left

 

[custard]

I never said it was a bad car.......

In parts alone its worth what ryan paid, and it has had an engine replacement, so its got plenty of life left

your . button seems to be stuck......................

 

[chrisunoman]

It will be interesting to see how much it costs to fix.

Dont think im having a go, its a lovely car and a potentially good buy, but imo it will cost a fair bit to put right.

 

[custard]

could cost,but if its just the manifold blowing then its an easy and relitivly cheap fix

 

[GhostWKD]

what about the compression on pot5?

 

[bulldog5046]

that should be corrected by fixing the gasket, if it doesnt then i will opt for engine replacment

 

[Hellcat]

Replacing the exhaust gasket won't fix the low compression, its either piston rings, something wrong with the valves or a leaking head gasket.

Not sure what you have to do if you replace the engine. Obviously the VIN numbers won't match. But since you're not changing the type of engine.. Hmm dunno

The alternative option is remove the plug and run it as a 16v 1.6

Looks good though. It got any other issues we can help with?

 

[bulldog5046]

Replacing the exhaust gasket won't fix the low compression, its either piston rings, something wrong with the valves or a leaking head gasket.

Not sure what you have to do if you replace the engine. Obviously the VIN numbers won't match. But since you're not changing the type of engine.. Hmm dunno

The alternative option is remove the plug and run it as a 16v 1.6

Looks good though. It got any other issues we can help with?

not really hellcat, just need to fix the gasket and see what its running like....

 

[hmallett]

Replacing the exhaust gasket won't fix the low compression, its either piston rings, something wrong with the valves or a leaking head gasket.

Yup. An exhaust valve cracked on my Coupe. It cost me about £300 to get it replaced. If it's a piston, it's more like £500. Head gasket will be cheaper than both those.
I think that if it's the head gasket you usually got low compression on two adjacent cylinders though.
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