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Technical replacing knackered head - head gasket gone
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Technical replacing knackered head - head gasket gone
your down the road from where i work...catford (infact i use to work in Deptford), if you still don't have any luck with the garage you can PM me and i will have a look.
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got my replacement breather pipe
will fit it before i drive home from work tonight
might be a silly question and my guess is that it won't be a problem but i'll ask anyway
am i going to spill much / any oil when i take this pipe off?
will fit it before i drive home from work tonight
might be a silly question and my guess is that it won't be a problem but i'll ask anyway
am i going to spill much / any oil when i take this pipe off?
Re: got my replacement breather pipe
No. There shoudn't be any oil in it -- it's a breather pipe.
No. There shoudn't be any oil in it -- it's a breather pipe.
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thought so
just wanted to check before i whip it off
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just wanted to check before i whip it off
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i put the new pipe on
the old one did have some muck in it
it made absolutely no difference
the old one did have some muck in it
it made absolutely no difference
Why are you doing anything beyond basic checks. You paid good money to have the job done and its not right. Take it back and get the garage to fix it, end of.
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yeah i'm taking it back to the man on tuesday
i only replaced the breather pipe because he said it might be that and there's a fiat place up the road so i got it myself
now i know it's not that and he can't blame that it's down to him to sort it
i'm mostly updating this thread so if someone has the same problem in the future there'll (hopefully) be an answer at the end of it
i only replaced the breather pipe because he said it might be that and there's a fiat place up the road so i got it myself
now i know it's not that and he can't blame that it's down to him to sort it
i'm mostly updating this thread so if someone has the same problem in the future there'll (hopefully) be an answer at the end of it
As nobody has mentioned it, it could be a that the Lambda sensor
got contaminated with coolant from the blown gasket ?
I'm sure I've read somewhere that coolant can "kill" lambda's?
I would have thought that this would cause a more general "bad running" rather than an uneven idle but......
Best bet is take it back to the garage as they should be able to test it.
got contaminated with coolant from the blown gasket ?
I'm sure I've read somewhere that coolant can "kill" lambda's?
I would have thought that this would cause a more general "bad running" rather than an uneven idle but......
Best bet is take it back to the garage as they should be able to test it.
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my man is stumped
but the auto electrician will be there next week and he can plug his diagnostic business in and will hopefully find the answer but currently it's a mystery
car is still not idling properly at all (seems to be ok when it's colder but really starts to 'throb' once it's up to temp) and more importantly it's just cutting out occasionally (like once or twice on a half hour or so drive) when i take my foot of the pedal and slow down to stop. it starts up straight away again with a turn of the key but that's much more annoying than the strange revving on idle
i'll update once the electrics man has done his thing
but the auto electrician will be there next week and he can plug his diagnostic business in and will hopefully find the answer but currently it's a mystery
car is still not idling properly at all (seems to be ok when it's colder but really starts to 'throb' once it's up to temp) and more importantly it's just cutting out occasionally (like once or twice on a half hour or so drive) when i take my foot of the pedal and slow down to stop. it starts up straight away again with a turn of the key but that's much more annoying than the strange revving on idle
i'll update once the electrics man has done his thing
Sounds like idle stepper motor on throttle body. Get complete throttle body from scrapy and swop out.
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Both of those will do, although it does worry me that a breakers yard doesn't know the difference between a carb and throttle body!#
EDit: You could always put a wanted ad in classified, assuming you've checked that there isn't one there already.
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EDit: You could always put a wanted ad in classified, assuming you've checked that there isn't one there already.
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i don't know the difference between a carb and a throttle body either - i thought they were different names for the same thing
i have looked in the classifieds and there is one in wales so i have asked how much he wants for postage
i have looked in the classifieds and there is one in wales so i have asked how much he wants for postage
Carbs suck.
Throttle bodies blow.
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Throttle bodies blow.
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i have learned something today - thanks
so is it also that a carb is the older style (what i have on my old 70's car) and a throttle body is the more modern version?
Yup.
Fuel injection used to be the preserve of high performance engines, but modern emissions requirements mean that fuel has to be metered more acurately.
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man i should really go on a course or something
No, thats why your on the forum.
This is the University of Beentheredunthat.
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