could it be piston rings?

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Originally Posted by dsp26

Trade it in to Australian Fleet sales... prolly give you $2k for it... according to their tv ads anyway...

unless someone here wants to buy it as a shell for a project

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interesting...

i've been interested in an EG for the past week...

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Originally Posted by cristian

ahh k...

man, im sellin things and i need a get around car...

only got bout 1500 in the bank for the next 2 weeks...

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OUCH ... thats gotta hurt wen ur car just give up on u .. well.. get something to run arround while u going to fix ur car :thumbsup:

go to whreckers just find the engine u need.
JUST engine with out any gearbox or other crap.. coz u gonna use your own gearbox and stuff that u already have in ur car. and try to do DIY as much as you can :) that will save u money.

Good luck dude.. coz ... im in the same situation as u .. and its really pain in the ass to have this trouble.

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Originally Posted by cristian

yea i had the money...but some 'stuff' came up...
:D

im sellin plasma tv's...had to put money into this lil business bro...das y im broke for the next 2 weeks

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ay.. selling plasma tv's from back of trucks ay?? where's my invite?!?!:p

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Originally Posted by 040501912

OUCH ... thats gotta hurt wen ur car just give up on u .. well.. get something to run arround while u going to fix ur car :thumbsup:

go to whreckers just find the engine u need.
JUST engine with out any gearbox or other crap.. coz u gonna use your own gearbox and stuff that u already have in ur car. and try to do DIY as much as you can :) that will save u money.

Good luck dude.. coz ... im in the same situation as u .. and its really pain in the ass to have this trouble.

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i got a friend who will change the motor for me for a box of longnecks...but i just need a replacement engine for the meantime...

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Originally Posted by dsp26

could be true in his case as well but thats more of a worse case scenario than head gasket change in terms of rebuild cost...

either way.. because of the cars value itself is not even worth investigating getting the engine fixed

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well its best to take it to mechanic if u do wanna get it fixed. or a better diagnosis.

coz if ur gonna take everyones word here and say its a head gasket then ur gonna run into the same shit as me.. gettin the head gasket and head fixed when it could also be ur pistons and piston rings aswell.. not worth the hasslle IMO

i give u $200 for the shell cristian
lol

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Originally Posted by dsp26

ay.. selling plasma tv's from back of trucks ay?? where's my invite?!?!:p

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:D

im still getting my list coz its plasmas, ent. systems, laptops...

still finalizing prices...

i'll let u know, dont worry

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Originally Posted by dupac->

well its best to take it to mechanic if u do wanna get it fixed. or a better diagnosis.

coz if ur gonna take everyones word here and say its a head gasket then ur gonna run into the same shit as me.. gettin the head gasket and head fixed when it could also be ur pistons and piston rings aswell.. not worth the hasslle IMO

i give u $200 for the shell cristian
lol

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haha...we'll see...coz i was either gonna recon the motor and just keep savin for another car for the next yr or so...

or i find me an efi eg at the end of the year and look at gettin a swap from fatboyz39

does it sound like a rexxy constantly?


if it does.. im sure the rings have already shat itself and u have a seized piston..

or maybe the sparkies/leads may need a change which i doubt.

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Originally Posted by dupac->

does it sound like a rexxy constantly?


if it does.. im sure the rings have already shat itself and u have a seized piston..

or maybe the sparkies/leads may need a change which i doubt.

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the car feels normal when im at about 2500 and up...

just when i got home, im comin to a stop and the cars in neutral...the idle's at 500...and noticed theres a lot of smoke comin from the car...

drive up a kinda steep hill..

if ur car struggles heaps, well comparing to how it was running before. then im sure ur only running 3 cylinders.

coz my car felt fine and normal speed just when taking off it sounded like a rexxy... i was still hooning with 3 cylinders. when i got to steep hills GOOD GAME


or even easier.. while ur car is on idle.. pull out a lead and see iof theres any noticeable change in the idle.. if there is a change like the engine shaking more when u pull it out that means that cylinder is ok.. but if one of them doesnt make a difference then thats the one that shat itself

one at a time though. pull one lead out ---> notice a change?--->plug back in---->next lead until u find the one thats working

(but not sure if this is the LEGIT way of checking)
lol

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hahaha...i remember my car feeling like this about 3 yrs ago but worse...i couldn't get any power at all...and the car would begin idle at 3000 then work its way down to 1500 after about 5 mins...

all they did was clean out my carbies...

**update**
thanks for the replies guys...
the mech confirmed it...head was pretty much fkt...would cost atleast $1100 to fix...

anywayz i ended up gettin a replacement motor for the time being...

500bucks...
d15b4 110,000kms

a friend of mine, (the mech) is gonna put it in for me for next 2 nothing...