could it be piston rings?

[est1989]

just buy another car man.

u get a motor thats GG already and you'll be crying.

cut ur losses and get another run around

ahuh what i said earlier woo

[cristian]

hmm...

aye whats GG?!?

[est1989]

good game mate LOL
usually said by gamers at the end of a game or some shit LOL

[dsp26]

yep head gasket... no point doing any tests... you described all the symptoms already

i can do a compression check for you (not a leakdown test) and prove it.

excluding a full rebuild, labour of changing the head gasket (pulling the head off) and milling the head flat again is worth far more than a 2nd hand motor and half the value of the car... sell it... unless glen wants to pull it apart at mates rates

[dupac->]

good game lol

[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...

[cristian]

yep head gasket... no point doing any tests... you described all the symptoms already

i can do a compression check for you (not a leakdown test) and prove it.

excluding a full rebuild, labour of changing the head gasket (pulling the head off) and milling the head flat again is worth far more than a 2nd hand motor and half the value of the car... sell it... unless glen wants to pull it apart at mates rates

rekon i can sell it in this condition?

[dsp26]

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...

weren't you getting all that head work done anyway?

[dupac->]

people say its the head gasket which it probably is aswell..

but i say piston rings. as its happened to me.. got the head/gasket fixed machined cleaned flushed.

but still blew smoke and idled funny then 2 weeks later after the fix.. the cylinder seized ran on 3 cyl.. and then gg..

and thas with the head gasket fixed reco head n all.

[dsp26]

rekon i can sell it in this condition?

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

[cristian]

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


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

[dsp26]

people say its the head gasket which it probably is aswell..

but i say piston rings. as its happened to me.. got the head/gasket fixed machined cleaned flushed.

but still blew smoke and idled funny then 2 weeks later after the fix.. the cylinder seized ran on 3 cyl.. and then gg..

and thas with the headgasket fixed reco head n all.

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