andy1868
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i said hi before, but everyone ignored me, that or i was posting from under my invisibility cloak
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Iain M
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Location: Wigan - Drives 272bhp corsa ZLET
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Willay, Deano, Mark, Kelly, Andy, Tom
     
Still no word on my car But..... Its a lovely morning
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IvIarkgraham
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hello
no one want to do my conversion for me then?
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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whats the situaton with your car ian
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willay
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just had a picture send to me of my engine bay
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Iain M
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Registered: 18th Aug 05
Location: Wigan - Drives 272bhp corsa ZLET
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Well at the moment its at the local garage - the head is been taken off and they are going to look why the compression in cylinder 2 is fluctuateing so much. Apart from that i know no more
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andy1868
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lil_g
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Morning 
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willay
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informed the old owner Iain?
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AlunJ
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Good morning! day off woohoo
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andy1868
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just realised i've been driving 2 years to the day
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Iain M
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Location: Wigan - Drives 272bhp corsa ZLET
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MEGA UPDATE:
You are not going to believe this - the garage has just phoned me up now and informed me that when they have took the head off they found insulation tape on the head. Where cylinder 2 is. This causing the head to lift up ever so slightly and causing a gap. No valves are damaged and the piston rings are fine.
Why would you put Insulation tape on the Head
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Kathryn W
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lil_g
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   Iain!! So basically all they have to do is replace all the gaskets and put it all back together?
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Iain M
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Yeah i guess so. They are gonna skim the head pressure test it to be on the safe side but they can't find anything else wrong any where
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Fro
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Hi peoples
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lil_g
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I'd be quite releived Iain 
It's a pain in the arse job taking all that off on a 16v'er 
I don't get why it is there though? Unless it's fallen in by mistake?
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lil_g
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Gervais and Kathryn 
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Fro
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Yo gregg
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willay
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fro I missed you
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Iain M
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Kat Gervais  
Its not fallen in he said it had been purposely place there. Directly where cylinder 2 is. One thing he said was that they probs stuck it there to keep the gasket in place while they put the head on.
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willay
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Iain my XE did this but because noe of the headbolts was foobarred (common)
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Fro
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quote: Originally posted by willay
fro I missed you
I missed you too
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willay
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lil_g
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Iain - human error where they forgot about the tape? 
That is a bit though!
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