Engine trouble

[Harkus]

Ok so today I've discovered that the head gasket is on its way out I put in 4 litres of oil last week an it's gone. Took out the plugs and they had oil on them to...





Now the car has been fine all day until I took the plugs out... Since then it's like a miss-fire has began all though its fine through the rev range, but when your driving it its got a serious lack of power and acts like its missing.

I know it needs a new coil pack but can't anyone suggest anything or help out I'm at my wits end with it...

[johnny]

Did you clean them ? Probley distrubed the electrode, that just means its burning oil not headgasket failure and its an old vauxhall they all burn oil how often do you change the oil ?

[Harkus]

No just wipes the oil off the plugs washer and put them back in

[johnny]

You should have cleaned them theres alot of soot on them just give them a light rub with sandpaper or wire brush till there silver again

[Harkus]

Ok ill try that, it's only started since I took The plugs out and put them back In

[Harkus]

Just picked her up and as follows:

Cracked spark plug in cylinder 3
wrong plugs, they're out of a golf
One of my HG leads is split
oil seal rings have gone
piston rings need doing

So i put 4 new plugs in, will sort leads Thursday and the rest will hafta wait util i come back from Ibiza end of the month

[gazza_no7]

Atleast you now know what's wrong!

[Harkus]

Yeah rather annoyed, moral of the story is don't but a car off a mate.

And on a more positive not I've fitted my splitter .

[Harkus]

Any one help guys? I've got an oil leak somewhere, think I hit the sump earlier but not 100% sure, my engine is idling on 1500 revs and its getting hot really quick... Got steam coming out my bonnet an oil on the rocker cover to... I know my oil seals need doing but she's been fine, Any advice please guys?. Here's the oil on both side of my car

[Harkus]

Engine looks like this:


Found my fuel tank vent valve hanging lose to:


My coolant is empty to so obviously I've got a leak...or.... Head gasket has gone .

[johnny]

Top up the coolant again before jumping to any drastric conclusion.

The coolant could have been dead and burnt off, go to a garage with a sniffer if you think the HG is gone.

Put oil and coolant in and clean of all the oil from the engine, and put a bit of cardboard under the engine and run if for a while so you can see where its leaking

[Harkus]

Top up the coolant again before jumping to any drastric conclusion.

The coolant could have been dead and burnt off, go to a garage with a sniffer if you think the HG is gone.

Put oil and coolant in and clean of all the oil from the engine, and put a bit of cardboard under the engine and run if for a while so you can see where its leaking

Got my mrs mechanic looking it tomorrow see what's what but got to clean the rocket cover its bogging, needs taking off and soon really but it's defo coolant it's all over my bay and there oil on the underside of my Bonnet

[johnny]

So it just blew the coolant valve , thats not to bad as long as you turned it off as soon as it happened

[Harkus]

What do you suggest the pal?.

[Harkus]

Found the problem lads , The pipe on the left on the inlet sorted, that's where I was loosing coolant from, it had split rite on the kink. Let her run to get hot and it started pissing out of it.

Here's the broken bit:


So chopped it down and put it back on: