BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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you have put this for sale in classifieds as headgasket gone? how do you know its gone?
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
Location: Pontlottyn, Caerphilly
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cause it was gone before it froze
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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so it could be more then headgasket now
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
Location: Pontlottyn, Caerphilly
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most probably i bet it would be cheaper to get a new car lol
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S@M
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Registered: 3rd Oct 07
Location: East Yorkshire
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yes it will need top end rebuild
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
Location: Pontlottyn, Caerphilly
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how much for a top end rebuild
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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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.
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
Location: Pontlottyn, Caerphilly
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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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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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It'll be utterly fucked by now tbh.
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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
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S@M
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Registered: 3rd Oct 07
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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
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
Location: Pontlottyn, Caerphilly
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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
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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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
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FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
Location: Shropshire
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fingers crossed then its ok!
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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You got lucky!
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
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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
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
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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
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
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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
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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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
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
Location: Pontlottyn, Caerphilly
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most of the time i just had water in there
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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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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