LeeM
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while i was drivin around tonight my oil light started flickerin when my engine was idlin low, which eventually got to the point of the light stayin on(only took 5-10 mins)
so i went and put some oil in, lights still on! drvin home and the car started judderin to fuck! put my foot down a little and the car kicked out the biggest cloud of smoke ive ever seen out of a car!
engine started clickin clatterin and rattlin as i rolled to the side of the road
 not a happy buny
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
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Cambelt?
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Sandsy
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Location: Tilney All Saints Drives: V6 Corsa
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i got just the thing for you a corsa sri 
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LeeM
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dunno, managed to drive it home though just about
dont think 1.0 have cambelts do they is it not a chain or is that somethin completely different?
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mav
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R.I.P
If this is a help thread to see whats wrong put it in help zone
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LeeM
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its not a help thread... i know what went wrong; i bought a 1.0 12v corsa 
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Robin
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how many miles had it done?
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LeeM
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38k i think
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LeeM
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annoyin thing is i have it serviced regularly, checked the oil only a few days ago as well!
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Gregor
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did you put too much oil in ?
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LeeM
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maybe, but not enough to make it run badly
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Gregor
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might have burst an oil seal though
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Stoneyginger
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Oil pump went
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LeeM
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hmmm, second person whos said that
how much to fix?
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by Stoneyginger
Oil pump went
oil pump? i was thinkin it could be that!
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
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new engine
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Stoneyginger
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on a more detailed post if the oil pump has gone then you will have done a lot of damage i would say so would be cheaper getting another 12v engine and putting it in wouldnt be too hard to change one over i think
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LeeM
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fuck messin with it, get as much for it as i can in whatever state i can get it to and buy a new car.
will it be truly fucked though if its the oile pump? cos i put oil in and the oil light was on still! after it died the first time i tried drivin it home and at full revs the light was goin out, although the car was goin half as fast as it would normally at said revs
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Stoneyginger
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if the oil pump went the engine would seize unless it was partially working or something not sure how they work on the 12volt engine not worth spending money on an engine that has seized cause of lack of oil. Could be wrong in what i think it is though
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LeeM
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it sounded normal when revving, just felt like it was holdin back, could it be seizing up? obv not gonna drive it anymore till its fixed but i drove it home
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Stoneyginger
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Hmmmmm if oil pump went then it would seize solid very quickly!! not sure then mate but did sound like it would be oil pump! specially if oil light is on
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ed
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1.0 litre engines suck. Mine was totally foooked and burned so much oil. I nearly ran it dry once 
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SwN
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quote:
Originally posted by Stoneyginger
Oil pump went
I would also agree oil pump fo sho 
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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or the oil pressure sensor packed in, made you think it had no oil so topped up & overfilled it... happend on my old 1.4, filled it up, idled fine, drove it, juddered, bang, thick white smoke, ran like a bitch
just drained the oil & changed it, then let it run for a few hours on the driveway while it burnt all the oil from in the exhaust so was still loads of white smoke, but was fine after that!
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TNM
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i think PaulW is right. Sounds like what i did to my MR2
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