rossyboy89
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my girl friend has a 1.2 8v corsa that has done around 80,000 miles alot of the time it struggles to start and when you do get it started if you put the foot down to fast or pump the acc pedal a few times when running it cuts out! it is burning some oil which is making me think its the head gasket away and its not running right but still not any major signs for that! any one else had the same problem ? cheers ross
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rossyboy89
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any one?
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--ToM--
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when did it last have a good service?
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rossyboy89
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about around 500 miles but it still ran like shit before and after
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Markus
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have you done the paperclip test, sounds like a sensor to me
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rossyboy89
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nope i have not i was thinking along the line of a idle control valve/sensor
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--ToM--
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shouldnt cause it to cut out though once revving it i wouldnt of thought?? sounds more like fueling
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rossyboy89
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nah its getting plenty of fuel and air n its not just the cutting out it goes really really slow amean 1.2 8v's are slow but never this slow
head gasket any one ?
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--ToM--
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take the oil filler cap off is it creamy? open header tank bottle (slowly if engines bin running) and check for oil in the coolant ie more creamyness, does it smoke blue or white out the exhaust? any missfires or is it just slow as fook under load,
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rossyboy89
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none of the oil in water or water in oil signs yet! but a head gasket can go 100 ways i.e fuel in water, fuel in oil oil getting burnt, water getting burnt etc. its slow as fook all the time! sand-eel (a member on here) has been in it alot of times and he can probs vote that its is never ment to be as slow as that haha
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rossyboy89
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and yes the exhaust smoke is a bit blue which was leading me on to it being a head gasket
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--ToM--
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know anyone with a compression tester?
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Gary
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me, if u can be arsed to drive all the way here.
they can be had for 20quid at a motor factors tho
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rossyboy89
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yeah i have 1 neva thought about it tho will try that tonigt and get back to uz
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steven_r2008
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if not ive got a 1.2 8v engine satr here that i was going to put in a corsa that needed an engine just never got round to it, done 66k and was running perfect when took it out of the car
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forfarcorsa
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Try your fuel sensor mate ?
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Scottix
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head gasket cant be gone if your still using it cos u wudnt get far
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rossyboy89
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well it normally does not go far when getting run and if i had to put an engine in it it would be a better 1 than a 1.2 8v lol and wheres the fuel sensor?
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rossyboy89
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right so after all this i sent the car for a mot! it was at the point of doing the emissons and the car was only getting reved to 1500 revs and the top radiator hose exploeded lol which clearly meaning to much pressuse so i am putting it down to head gasket! any one else have an idea before i start stripping it ?
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