Rich777
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£1000 to repay so far.
If its only the gasket and not a cracked head
Damn, killer... Its ashame you don't live closer to me mate. I'd of done that with you.
£1000 to repay so far.
If its only the gasket and not a cracked head
£1000 to repay so far.
If its only the gasket and not a cracked head
A grand for replacing head gasket???? Is it not going to be cheaper to get a new engine and sell this one for spares?
Sorry to hear Ian, not having much luck with the new purchase. I highly doubt the engine would need to come out to do the headgasket/change head. If you remove intake manifold you'll have plenty of room to pull the engine forward when you remove a couple of mounts. It's not that bad of a job to do, we could help you here on the forum to get it done yourself...
Repairing it is the right thing to do. If the engines coming out i'd have all the bores checked out for roundness and tapper. It maybe a good idea to overbore. I'm just thinking if its overheated in the past...
Terrible time of it at the moment. In the last 3 weeks we have put £2500 on the credit car. Not good times.
I genuinly don't think i have the time or tooling to do this job right now. The more i hear the more it sounds like an arse on these to do. If it was my B18 i wouldn't hesitate. £560 i have been quoted for labour and collection of the car....
I doubt it though because the compression has is very good. Tom at TGM has been helping me out today and he said it is absolutely fine. I definitely can not afford both time and money for machine work to be carried out.
OK...
Opinions on this please...
Checked loads today and thought screw it, it has oil, it has coolant lets chuck £15 fuel in and see what happens. Cleaned oil cap off and went for a spin. Drove approx 50 miles in daylight gave it plentyly of beans and limiter. No smoke, heaters where always hot, temp gauge stayed consistent... Still a little snatchy off to on throttle at times. Not had any miss fire since the very wet night the problem started. Also found VTEC6000 is absolutely right won't rev past 5500 at a stand still but revs fine rolling out of gear all the way to 8+.
So got back and checked my oil looks fine level is ok and not used any water. (only what the neck of the bottle would top the rad back up).
So mega confused... May seriously owe the guy I bought t from an apology. Think the mayo on the cap was prely from all the cold starting. Fairly sure the "lost oil" is just where (stupid me) compared cold to hot level...
What's your thoughts? Other than me being a twat!
Any serious head problem would have shown up surely?
The slight snatch throttle has been explained as OEM ECU running cold air AEM and cat back...
Going to fill her up, top oil up and go for a proper drive tomorrow.
Check TPS, its a common fail - either check the voltage across the wiper (if connected to the loom and ignition on) or just check resistance (if not connected).
The coils have a habit of corroding and the signal dropping out.
Also check your IACV is bolted on tight (they can come lose and rattle and let in unwanted air.
Thanks for everyone's in put.
I'm not sure what you mean by checking the voltage across the wiper? I tried to measure the voltage on the TPS yesterday but could not get in there properly so gave up.
Which one is the IACV...