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Wolfy
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   18th Feb 04 at 05:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just got home from work limping my poor car all the way.
think the engines dead as only 2 cylinders are firing, oil is jet black and it just ate 1/4 tank of fuel to get home

tis a sad day
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 05:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
for got to mention it pinked so hard over the slightest bit of power that the engine stalled.
CorsaLad16v
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Location: Sheffield UK Drives: VW Golf
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18th Feb 04 at 05:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whats the plan of action?
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 05:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cry... lots.... then get a cav sri 130 in there.
CorsaLad16v
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18th Feb 04 at 05:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
u gonna be without a car for a while then? whats caused it to die out like that then? must be gutting
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 06:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
have no clue to why she died.... can say im well gutted, i almost shed a tear when i heard it pink and die. i was getting my cash ready for a full body kit for show season... looks like thats on the shelf now

my life never goes along nicley
Ojc
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Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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18th Feb 04 at 10:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just fit a C20XE while the engine is out. Easy job to do.
Pablo
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18th Feb 04 at 10:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
D'oh
jr
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18th Feb 04 at 10:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
as ojc said, if you got the oppertunity to put a xe in it go for it, whats the point of putting another 8v in there whne your could be running 160bhp'ish
Tom
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18th Feb 04 at 11:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah i'd go for an xe lump if i were you, and if you're only gonna fit a c20ne (or whatever the 130 lump is) it'll be cheap as anything (prob £100 max) anyway
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 13:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i cant afford the insurance on a 16v. its 1200 quid as it is
Marc
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18th Feb 04 at 13:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1200
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 13:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
all mods decared, and i did start it when i was 20. think ill give em a call when i finish poking around the engine bay
PaulW
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18th Feb 04 at 13:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You sure the headgaskets not gone between 2 cylinders?
If your up for a bit of work, may be worth giving that a try to check & see if thats ok or not!
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 14:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
gonna go get a compression test on her and i think its drank alot of water so im hoping its not a porus head
PaulW
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18th Feb 04 at 14:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its an 8v yeah?

8v's are pretty solid, never known of one going porous!
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 16:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sounds to me like its fuel rails or starvations now... anyway, its gone to a vaux specialist down my way.

there goes the money for the rest of my body kit
Ojc
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18th Feb 04 at 16:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bodykits are gay.
Wolfy
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18th Feb 04 at 16:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i just want something diffrent and that wraps round the 18's better tis all. nothing mental.
Ojc
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18th Feb 04 at 16:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Reiger kit is all I allow
Adam-D
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18th Feb 04 at 17:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
gutted m8
Wolfy
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19th Feb 04 at 14:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Reiger kit is all I allow


rieger deep gtx sound okay then. do i have your approval sir!

oh latest on the car. fuel rails and pipe both need replacing.

any idea on how myuch an uprated rail may cost? just a though tis all.

 
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