Engine Problem

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:36 pm

bloody cars eh.

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:19 pm

fixed now. Found a faulty lead and replaced it.

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:07 am

Put a new coil on and now its still not fixed

new leads im gonna try now

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:26 pm

but ive just bought some new leads aswell and all is well

THANK F**K FOR THAT

Prices are:

Coil - Â£57
Leads - Â£28
Plugs - Â£10
Dizzy Cap - Â£8
Rotor Arm - Â£8
Tuning Blokey - Â£35

Total - Â£146.00

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:08 am

fook that! All i bought was Sparkplugs and one new lead as i found the faulty one, total of like Â£30.

Thank god i didnt go to a garage.

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:34 pm

I have now got the problem that my car idles all the time at 2000rpm anybody got any ideas?

James0121 · Post by **James0121** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:30 pm

Must have been a weekend for it. I got back of holiday on saturday and had the same problem. I found that it was one of the leads gone wrong.

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:42 pm

is that for the idleing problem or the other one

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:30 pm

the first problem we both had. I dont have a clue about the idling sorry.

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:51 pm

Problem now solved with a price tag of Â£542.72. The garage found a cable tie jammed in one of the valves and had to do a s**t load of work to remove it. here is the list of parts replaced:

Headset - Â£87.29
Head Bolts - Â£40.60
Cambelt - Â£13.18
Tensioner - Â£31.06
Waterpump - Â£24.50
Oil Filter - Â£3.86
Head Skim - Â£35.00
Engine Oil - Â£9.80
Antifreeze - Â£6.60

And the labour was Â£210.00

OMEGASUPR3ME · Post by **OMEGASUPR3ME** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:08 pm

shizzle ma nizzle! thats a lorrah monkey! hope nothin like that happens to my car as im gunna b spendin Â£400 on alloys