Damaged engine?

[Lee]

So would piss but thats not its main purpose

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Lee

So would piss but thats not its main purpose

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by MK999

There doesn't have to be white smoke for the head gasket to have gone, it seals between 3 different things, oil, water, and combustion, can go between oil and water, which is not uncommon.

I assume it's 16 valve from the year? If so I wouldn't worry too much about the head being cracked, have never heard of it happening on these engines (C20XE's without the coscast head are the vauxhall engines famed for this, although I've never heard of someone having one of those crack either )

If it's 8 valve you've got even less to worry about, it'll run without oil and water for weeks and still come back for more (slight exaggeration but they're bombproof)

Either way it almost definitely needs a head gasket change imo!

Also it wouldn't be unusual for a smaller engined car to warm up faster, especially if it's the smallblock variant in the range, less casting to warm up and also my little 1.2 8v regularly sees 4k revs daily in order to make it move rather than crawl, wouldn't be doing that in a larger engined car... I really wouldn't put any problems down to that, or agree they *need* a smaller engined car though. All 1.6 vaux engines I know of are smallblock anyway.

so why would you knock a low usege car that hardly reaches temp with some emulsification for a head gasket, ? when we dont know if he is looosing any coolant, only problem he had was running fine but light on and knock.
personally i dont knock things like that till i have all the symptons.

he would have to be loosing coolant for it to emulsify in the engine,(coolant going into sump).

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by JJ The Boat Wizzard

Yes Oil's Main Purpose In The Engine Is Lubricant However , It Dose Slightly Cool The Engine . If I Were You Just Take It To A Well Known Garage And Let Someone Take A Look At It

wrong way round, do a little reseach and you will find oil runs allot hotter than coolant.

[bodgit]

Yes oil is for lubrication but if there is no lubrication then there,s friction . Friction =heat. I have had no problems with kwik fit they have always told me straight if the work needed doing and a few times they have done things for me with no charge unlike the main dealers who charge £85 p/h. If they can justify that let me know.

[Lee]

Think of the cost to run the place, the people behind the desks etc, people like receptionists don't bring in money, they are a cost on a business although they are essential.

People still need paying even when cars are not being bought or serviced etc.


Supposedly stratstone are on their last legs, a year or so ago, they were worth 900 million i think then things went tits up and now they are possibly going under, they have just closed a landrover dealership round the corner from me and the aston/jag one down the road is possibly going the same way.

When i took mine in a while ago all they had in was warranty work and factory recalls.

[bodgit]

A young lad I raced with did work experience with a company who service fords in chester. He told me that they dont even bother doing some of the stuff they charge you for and when they took it out for a road test he said they thrashed the arse off it. This was not just a one-off occurance . During the time he was there he said they did it loads of times, hence they dont get their hands on my car.

[Lee]

I can believe it, i have heard similar stories, i know i have has 1/4 of a tank of fuel used in one of my cars when it was in for some work before.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by bodgit

Yes oil is for lubrication but if there is no lubrication then there,s friction . Friction =heat. I have had no problems with kwik fit they have always told me straight if the work needed doing and a few times they have done things for me with no charge unlike the main dealers who charge £85 p/h. If they can justify that let me know.

trust me the friction does far more damage way before any heat from lack of oil does

if you doubt it drain your oil out and see how long it takes to overheat!!

[big air]

if you took it to a dealership they would possibly fit a new engine, "using a different garage" as they mostly have college lads who no nowt about how a car works but who can do services brakes and suspension and change tyres

its all about the money, they dont want your car clogging up there garage for days on end why it takes 12 of them to put an engine in that could have done 40 services in the mean time.

show a dealership so called mechanic a 20 year old car with proper rusted rounded bolts etc they would cry at the thought its all in the technic which they dont teach you at college

[mayhem]

mr southwell get your mum to call me and i will look at it pm me and i will give you me number

[big air]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

trust me the friction does far more damage way before any heat from lack of oil does

if you doubt it drain your oil out and see how long it takes to overheat!!

Not if he uses Slick 50