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engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:58 pm
by kie-1200sxi-shed
as you know my engine is broken could a reconditioning get it bk working ... all i know is that i dnt have any compression in the engine atall . but nothink is seized. ?????

Re: engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:38 pm
by bluecorsab
have you worked out what happened yet then? did it break the cambelt?

Re: engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:11 pm
by kie-1200sxi-shed
not sure couldnt really see engine as was dark when blew , i machanic said he thinks its the pistons as thers no compression , but cnt really get it properly checked as its all way down south ,

Re: engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:48 pm
by bluecorsab
yh sounds like its melted a piston then, really strange :?

Re: engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:52 pm
by alexcorsa
wherre u siting band on witht he trottle in same place for ages if so it couild od been PINK ing where could cause melted piston mine sum times does it at cirttin revs and throttle

Re: engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:39 am
by kie-1200sxi-shed
yer i was bang on 70 all way for atleast a hour .

Re: engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:36 pm
by alexcorsa
tbh an engine rebuild is gna cost an excess of 500quid so i would just go down scrappy and ge either a 1.4 or another 1.2 engine

Re: engine reconditioning ?

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:14 pm
by PaulW
could be headgasket kie, really can't tell though without looking at it...

1.2 16v melting a Piston?? Highly unlikely tbh...