Car has Died :(

[xxpinkyxx1991]

Driving home today and my car was ‘Juddering’ so I pulled up, and noticed my car was leaking something on the floor... got mum to come to come rescue me lol, went to start the sax and it wouldn’t :( With more attempts it finally did and then loads of smoke started coming out of the exhaust and engine.

Finally brought the car home and have got my dad to take a look at it and even though he’s a mechanic he doesn’t know what’s wrong with it, all he knows is that is misfiring and something like the exhaust is leaking...

Looks like I can’t use my car for a while :wall: ... Anyone had any similar problems lol? Suggestions?

Kirsty x

[dannyboy2005]

Water in engine?

Lack of Oxygen?

[stevo67]

I would go for a cracked cylinder head hence water in the engine.


Steve.

[fossie]

Headgasket/cracked head possibly

[BenjaM]

Driving home today and my car was ‘Juddering’ so I pulled up, and noticed my car was leaking something on the floor... got mum to come to come rescue me lol, went to start the sax and it wouldn’t :( With more attempts it finally did and then loads of smoke started coming out of the exhaust and engine.

Finally brought the car home and have got my dad to take a look at it and even though he’s a mechanic he doesn’t know what’s wrong with it, all he knows is that is misfiring and something like the exhaust is leaking...

Looks like I can’t use my car for a while :wall: ... Anyone had any similar problems lol? Suggestions?

Kirsty x
Women drivers eh? :wall: x

[Sammy-Boy]

As said if white smoke is being emmited, probably headgasket, unlucky :(

[xxpinkyxx1991]

there wasnt black smoke.. it was white

[xxpinkyxx1991]

Women drivers eh? :wall: x

shut up lol

[Devoner]

i have white smoke due to my own stupidity lol..... so i have to drive 10 miles to grarge but keen engie at low temp........ so if it blows on way there i will have to buy a new car, gutted me.

my white smoke is dude to oil all over my engine bay. god i a retard!

[xxpinkyxx1991]

lol.. oooo not good :n:

[Devoner]

no but if it does pack up then i have a saxo for spares, and will invest in a 1.4 furio :D

[xxpinkyxx1991]

oo nice lol.. yee get a 1.4.. me has one :D

[AlexR]

Head gasket.

Crappy 1.0, 1.1 and 1.4 alloy blocks eat them up!

I say get a vtr engine, they are far more solid :P

[Sammy-Boy]

there wasnt black smoke.. it was white

Correct now Pinky, I did mean white :oops:

[Devoner]

bet ur insurance is well cheap though lol.... lucky wommen!!

they are only insurance group 5.... so will sjut put like 200 ish onto insurance. and they look better!

[xxpinkyxx1991]

Head gasket.

Crappy 1.0, 1.1 and 1.4 alloy blocks eat them up!

I say get a vtr engine, they are far more solid :P

oi lol.. my car isnt crappy :P only this once lol
hmm i was thinking of just buying a new engine lool.. vtr one like, but nahh

[xxpinkyxx1991]

Correct now Pinky, I did mean white :oops:

:P

bet ur insurance is well cheap though lol.... lucky wommen!!

they are only insurance group 5.... so will sjut put like 200 ish onto insurance. and they look better!

haha ... :) good drivers see lol

[AlexR]

It's the engine that's crappy! The alloy block engines are really bad for head gaskets, the liners sink and stuff. I know people who have ended up doing several gaskets before either fitting metal gaskets or going for iron blocks.

You can probably pick up a vtr engine for pretty cheap, and providing it's the right age it'd slot straight in and plug straight in!

[xxpinkyxx1991]

woo you make it sound easyy lol... ill see what my dad can do lol

[vtss]

haaa haa u bought a shitter:clapping: u do know i loved your fake vtr kirst lol

[Sparco_Tom]

rather than try selling a nackered engine saxo and making yourself 300quid, why not spend 100 on a vtr engine of the same age and get it slotted in :)

[DieHardGunner]

VTR engine only £100? And im sitting here settling with a 1.4 under the bonnet?

[Sparco_Tom]

yer there are loads around 100 normally gets you a good engine with ecu loom etc

i sold a 97 vtr with 80k miles loom ecu for £70

everyone wants vts engines so the vtr upgrade cost nothing compared to a vts upgrade

[DieHardGunner]

Well thats not too hard on the old wallet for a bigger engine, worth it for the extra bhp lol will have a look in to it soon cheers.

Kirsty whats the latest news?!x

[Sparco_Tom]

certainly the most cost effective way for bhp

[DieHardGunner]

Yeah can keep the mango look then too as I want to finish the mango/black look before I move on :y:

[jware92]

r.i.p saxo

[lewza]

Id say headgasket failure...
Check for Mayo sludge under the oil cap.

When i had headgasket failure i had white smoke and didnt think nothing of it. Carried on driving for a few days and car started spluttering and car was overheating. Stopped driving until weekend, replaced headgasket and now (touchwood) its all good.

[xxpinkyxx1991]

haaa haa u bought a shitter:clapping: u do know i loved your fake vtr kirst lol

oiiiiii lol :P do wana swap saxos?

rather than try selling a nackered engine saxo and making yourself 300quid, why not spend 100 on a vtr engine of the same age and get it slotted in :)

hm.. yeah i would, but then id have to get someone to fit it, and i cba lol, might think about it though :y:

Well thats not too hard on the old wallet for a bigger engine, worth it for the extra bhp lol will have a look in to it soon cheers.

Kirsty whats the latest news?!x

nooo news.. its just sitting on my drive lol :(

r.i.p saxo

oi its not dead yet! lol

Id say headgasket failure...
Check for Mayo sludge under the oil cap.

When i had headgasket failure i had white smoke and didnt think nothing of it. Carried on driving for a few days and car started spluttering and car was overheating. Stopped driving until weekend, replaced headgasket and now (touchwood) its all good.

yeah my brother thinks it could be this.. brought a haynes manual today :D gna get my dad to read through it lol

[Devoner]

haha i like it get ur dad to do the work lol.....

[xxpinkyxx1991]

lol welll.. hes a mechanic.. ill watch :)

[Olly]

havent yo just had loads of trouble getting through emissions aswell? iirc

[xxpinkyxx1991]

yeah i had to buy and new cat lol :S bloody thing....

[DieHardGunner]

You told me you love cats ;) x

[xxpinkyxx1991]

lmao.. ^^ x

[Olly]

lmao.. ^^ x

easily pleased :homme: likes pussys too ;-)..... jokes

bet noone stopped to help, when you were broke down did they?

[xxpinkyxx1991]

lool.. i like pussys????
nah no one did.. i was down a side road though lol.. bet they were like "typical french cars"

[Olly]

lool.. i like pussys????
nah no one did.. i was down a side road though lol.. bet they were like "typical french cars"

haha what?!?!?

you got a quote for it yet? or are you putting another engine in?

[xxpinkyxx1991]

lool..
i need to order some stuff.. going to get a new head gasket and spark plugs and some other stuff lol hopefully that will fix it :y:

[Olly]

will need new bolts too as your not supposed to re-use the same ones, and cambelt, but most people dont, depends how old it is. Did the car overheat? you may need the head skimming which means a bigger head gasket. new oil, coolant things to remember in price too as it all adds up.

[xxpinkyxx1991]

yeah dad wants me to get a cambelt aswell lol.. im sure he has some crap in the garage, bolts and that

[Olly]

yeah? if your on a real budgut you can use a kellogs box, cut it to the shape of the head, punch out all the holes and no need to buy a head gasket then... :-D

Oh and elastic bands for the belt,... there universal and cheap.

[xxpinkyxx1991]

lmao.. ill consider that tip, thanks :)

[xxpinkyxx1991]

UPDATE :D

have brough a headgasket, and spark plugs, dad is going to be fitting them tomorrow..... hopefully it will be fixed

[scottyvtr]

UPDATE :D

have brough a headgasket, and spark plugs, dad is going to be fitting them tomorrow..... hopefully it will be fixed

Hope all goes well and that does the job :y:

[xxpinkyxx1991]

cheers :D

[DieHardGunner]

Good luck hope it does the job as I havent seen you crusing about yet!x

[Olly]

did you remember your head bolts? x

[xxpinkyxx1991]

Good luck hope it does the job as I havent seen you crusing about yet!x

haha lol :P ill be driving loads when it works again lol, i kinda miss driving lol

did you remember your head bolts? x

huh? lol.. i think dad is gna go out again tomorrow to get some little bits, duno if hes gna get those?

[Olly]

your supposed to replace them as there stretch bolts, some people re-use them, but tbh i wouldnt want one to snap. Hope u get on the road soon, not being able to drive sucks big time.

[xxpinkyxx1991]

oh ok.. i think he got some lol
hes putting the car back together today, but he didnt managed to get that cat gasket? if thats right.. so hes gna use some liquid stuff for now, he'll have to take it apart again next weekend :( lol
should be able to drive it next week though... :y:

[Olly]

kinda doestn make sence??? used liquid gasket cause he didnt have a proper casket, but ur not driving it for 2 weeks? Why not just wait till u can get a proper gasket? lol, atleast its getting fixed though!! Cat gasket?

[scammell-29]

oh dear poor car!

Good luck with it Kirst

[xxpinkyxx1991]

kinda doestn make sence??? used liquid gasket cause he didnt have a proper casket, but ur not driving it for 2 weeks? Why not just wait till u can get a proper gasket? lol, atleast its getting fixed though!! Cat gasket?

loool.. i only need a gasket for the cat :S is that right? lol.. so dad has used a sealer for the cat, so i can drive it lol

[xxpinkyxx1991]

oh dear poor car!

Good luck with it Kirst

Thank you :) its fixed now, well i can drive it now lol just makes an annoying noise :homme: ahhh well

[boy_r4cer]

I had similar problem the other week, the car started chugging and smelling of petrol, and the engine managment light started flashing, it felt like i was driving a tractor. I thought it was the head but turned out to be the coilpack, now all is good again