big eck
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No mate it dosnt smoke
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PaulW
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if the gasket goes between t cylinders, then it can make a 'slapping' noise as it did this on my old corsa...
take the belt cover off & just inspect the belt & pulleys & pump, just see how its all holding up
tbh youd be best of doing a compression test on the engine, but like mark said, starting it IF the waterpump has gone, it could give & then shaft the whole engine
but hopefully, it is just a gasket issue...
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big eck
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would a fuked head gasket stop the engine from starting though???
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broster
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it can do yes, robins car suffers from this sometimes and his head gasket is deffo shafted
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PaulW
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yes, if it has goe all to shit!
also... you say your loosing water?? if the water filled a cylinder or 2... then it wont start & the slapping could also be because of that...
check there is water in the cylinders, get a piece of string, remove plugs & just put a good length in each plug hole, pull it out & if its wet, then water is leaking in
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big eck
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Will do that now paul, cheers for your help
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big eck
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ok just checked and they are all dry
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PaulW
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water must be going somewhere else then...
no damp patches in passenger/driver footwell is there??
next step then just check whole indition of belt & teeth on belt & get compression test done i guess!
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big eck
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Inside the car is dry, i'll just try and get it towed to the local garage and see what they can do, thanks for your help mate
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vibrio
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how is your radiator core?
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big eck
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What do you mean ross???
The actual rad itself???
If so then the rad is fine, it was changed at the start of the year for a new one
[Edited on 10-02-2006 by big eck]
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vibrio
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yeah mine was loosing water and sounded a bit rough then head gasket went. the core had collasped. it looked ok from the outside too lol. water was just pissing out the exhaust valve of cylinder 1. no mayo either
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big eck
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It sounds as if its deffo the head gasket, just need to figure a way of gettin it to a garage, i'm with the AA but the car needs to be a quarter of a mile away from the house before I can phone them out
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big eck
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Does anyone know how much it costs to have the head gasket replaced???
I'm just gonna change the cam belt and water pump at the same time, I'm guessing £200 would cover it???
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PaulW
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what engine again???
8v looking £150 ish... 16v more £250ish
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big eck
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2ltr XE early model
[Edited on 10-02-2006 by big eck]
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PaulW
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bout £250 then, give or take £30
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scoob
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its the labour that will be exspensive the parts are cheap to buy
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big eck
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I take it to buy the parts motor factors goods are ok??
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scoob
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
I take it to buy the parts motor factors goods are ok??
yea they will be fine mate i got mine from andrew pages dont know if u have one round your way, but they supply all the motor factors
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Greasemonkey
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Be more than £250 surely, if the gasket has gone between cylinders it will defo need a skim. Id skim it anyway just in case. If ya get it changed ya best to get new water pump, oil pump, tensiioners and idler pulleys thown on while ya have a chance
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craigpcg
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike_Corsa
kid? yeah ok mate. because you know loads about me dont you. i was trying to help, but your just wasting everyones time. even broster told you its the water pump. take the advice and get it done.
[Edited on 10-02-2006 by Mike_Corsa]
shut yer hole m8, if u have sum helpful to say keet out it
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