ed
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Bought my new car cheap because it was part ex to clear, has no warrenty as it was bought as seen. I had to do an oil change on it because it was 2700 miles overdue. Now it has clean fresh oil in it has started to burn oil 
Looks like the piston rings have gone as when the engine is rrunning, at any temp, and you give it a rev oily smoke pours out the exhaust.
Now I will have to indulge in my favorite pass time, stipping engines down and re-building them 
I only done 100 miles in it
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mav
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bummer
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MarkM
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Cars suck man
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N90ATH
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damn ed
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vibrio
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was probably a thick oil they had in it. what did you put in
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ed
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Awww, I know, I though it was the valve stem seals at first, but it smokes when the engine is hot too. I also think the engine is running too hot as well. The 1.2 ran at dead on 90 degrees, this one runs at about 93-94 degrees and in traffic it gets hot very quickly... Was perfect when we looked at it...
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Jake
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the oil they had put in it was probably of a greater viscocity than the oil you put in
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ed
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I put in 10w 40 as recomended by the Vauxhall parts shop...
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ed
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But the oil that was in it was black as anything... I think if they did anything they must have put in that anti smoke stuff for a quick sale... Oh well, you live and learn. At least I can fix it myself 
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Twiggy
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i wud put the old oil back in and flog it!!
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Mattb
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throw some thicker oil in ed..
does it only smoke when hot?
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ed
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It smokes all the time, quite a lot...
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chr15barn3s
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unlucky ed
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ed
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I have loads of diesel oil from the lorrys and tractors  That might be thick enough
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ed
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The last thing the dealer said to me was "Now remember, you bought this car 'as seen'"
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chr15barn3s
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They probably knew then, why didnt they give you a warrenty though? My car was 2nd hand and from a vaux garage and they gave me a year warrenty
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ed
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Becuase it was a part ex to clear... My Dad seemed to think it was a good idea so I went along.
They replaced a sensor on the engine though which was about £100 apparently. I think it was the coolent temp sensor because the ECU light came on when the engine was cold, but I didn't think they were that expensive brand new...
[Edited on 01-09-2005 by ed]
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Adam-D
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fill with stop smoke
it works after bout 100 mile of easy driving
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chr15barn3s
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ahh blame him then lol
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leeshez
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Drive it back and complain and when they say PGTF set it on fire and say opps thats another fault on it. No seriuosly sorry to hear that
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Jambo
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Ed go and give them a peice of your mind 
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Ojc
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£200 Novas are the way forward.
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SteveW
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your just one angry boy now ed.. shame bout the car.
will be fixed in no time im sure.. but that aint the point is it
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ed
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I don't think that heavier oil will work, as it's going to be the same weight when hot, and it;s burning quite a lot... Had to top it up from the bottom of the dipstick to the top after 100 miles...
Yea, and I know that when I tell my parents that its goosed my mum will make some smart assed comment like 'are you sure it's not the way you drive it'. My reply will be 'look woman, who has 9 points on her driving licence and hasn't been in the car with me since I took my driving test?'.
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Mark Petty
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if u don't mind me asking but how much did u pay for it?
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