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BarnshaW
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20th Dec 09 at 19:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you have put this for sale in classifieds as headgasket gone? how do you know its gone?
davevans1234
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20th Dec 09 at 19:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cause it was gone before it froze
BarnshaW
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20th Dec 09 at 19:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so it could be more then headgasket now
davevans1234
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20th Dec 09 at 19:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
most probably i bet it would be cheaper to get a new car lol
S@M
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20th Dec 09 at 19:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes it will need top end rebuild
davevans1234
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how much for a top end rebuild
AlunJ
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After my waterpump died, I had headgasket, head skimmed/pressure tested, new pump, new cambelt and 15 valves replaced ( 1 survived lol) for £500ish all in.
davevans1234
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i think the water has defrosted blew into the header tank water came through the rad but when i went to start is still making grinding noise is the water pump fucked and is that why it isnt starting
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21st Dec 09 at 15:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It'll be utterly fucked by now tbh.
S@M
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the timing will be out and all your doing by turning it over will be smashing the valves up more.

a decent garage will quote you around £800 to have it up and running again, presuming is a 1.4/1.6 16v engine
S@M
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i rebuilt mine with genuine parts... top end gaskit kit, bolts, new head, cambelt kit and waterpump for around £350. i got the head from a running car in the scrapyard
davevans1234
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been out there for the last two hours trying to get it goin it started after a few times and seems to be alrite i put antifreeze in and took it for a drive seems ok
Jake
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21st Dec 09 at 16:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i got a mate whos system froze on a nova sr. it made a grinding noise, but defrosted it and didnt have a problem with the engine
FlamingCorsa
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21st Dec 09 at 16:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fingers crossed then its ok!
Graham88
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You got lucky!
davevans1234
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i know cudnt believe it thought i was going to have to spend a lot of money to get it done
corsa120
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ahhh i left my xe engine for 2 years in back garden not started once and guess what fitted new battery and fired first time perfect, did have anti-freeze in though, but 2 winters not started once
davevans1234
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21st Dec 09 at 20:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
seems to bit of a problem car started up an run tidy but seems to idle a bit and seems as if its goin cut out when stopped but when you drive it its ok any ideas
PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by davevans1234
forgot to change to antifreeze for the winter woke up in the morning everything is frozen any ideas i got a corsa sport 1.4 16valve


Wait... am I reading this right?? Forgot to change TO antifreeze for the winter...

So do you purposely run the cooling system on just Water during summer months??

Surely not
davevans1234
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21st Dec 09 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
most of the time i just had water in there
Corsa_Sport21
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21st Dec 09 at 21:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Am i reading this correct here??The HG was gone b4 it froze up.And now that its defrosted,the HG has sorted itself??

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