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Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 18:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Drinking 1.0l of oil in 50 mile and lossing water like a mo fucker... So I'm in two minds of changing the engine or just getting the head rebuilt as the bottom end is sweet What have people payed and whats involved?
Scotty C
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10th Feb 10 at 18:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What makes u think it isn't rings?
Jordan C
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10th Feb 10 at 18:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Rings wouldnt make it use water
Engine is it anyway?

[Edited on 10-02-2010 by Jordan C]
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 18:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its a x16xel bottom end with a c16xe head checked the compression and its got just over 200 in each cylinder
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10th Feb 10 at 18:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not sure there are many decent garages in iraq tbh

I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just noticed my location lol brother must have changed it
Ollie_B
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10th Feb 10 at 18:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lol, ask philip2 on here, to get it skimmed and new valve stem seals, is about £60ish i think
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 18:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Could the stem seals be making it this bad?
Ollie_B
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10th Feb 10 at 18:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No, they wouldn't effect the water levels, would say your head gaskets fooked, but if you've done a compression test, obviously not. You checked any pipes that may be split?
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 19:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's got a tiny leak from a pipe that goes on the inlet but the car is chucking loads of white/gray smoke out witch I assume is oil and water?
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 22:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
New plan might just replace the engine
Ollie_B
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If you're convinced it being water and oil, and it's not the head gasket, it could be the one of the water gallaries cracked and oil and water getting in though the valve stem seals?, best off asking somebody more experienced than me haha. But if you're sure the bottom end's sound, why not just get a new head?
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 22:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the head has just been put on
philip2
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10th Feb 10 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
headgasket gone? block warped or head warped? why was the head took off and was it skimmed before fitted?
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 23:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
old head was burning oil and was replaced with a c16xe head and its just as bad
philip2
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10th Feb 10 at 23:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
was the head skimmed before fitting?
Crana
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10th Feb 10 at 23:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah
Ollie_B
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11th Feb 10 at 12:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Maybe get the block decked?
Crana
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11th Feb 10 at 12:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Car is now running on 3 pots and it still sparking :S

 
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