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i think dads 1.8 is munted
Topic Started: Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:08 am (336 Views)
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was driving the car in really heavy traffic today, it was about 35 degrees (im in australia for holidays) and the car started stalling for no reason, it was hovering about 90 degrees and the engine sounds "tappety" its also been using a fair bit of oil lately. it doesnt have any of the expected telltales of a head gasket, and its had idle control, cold start and all that stuff sorted in the last couple of years, and after cooling for a few minutes it stopped doing it when i restarted, but it has happened once before about a week ago. do you think i should be worried?

the car overall is in crap condition, the engine has over 215000 miles on it, and im pretty sure its original, and if anything just had some head work cos dad said something about previous owner tellign him that years ago.

the throwout bearing is making lots of noise( but the clutch is fine), the aircon is buggered, the paint is atrocious (no rust though) all little bits of interior plastic etc are brittle and breaking up due to aussie heat(eg, 2 years ago the rear view mirror exploded, yes, exploded open while i was driving and rained me with tiny bits of plastic), tyres are old, brakes are squeaky, but despite all this dad refuses to get rid of it.

anway, ive digressed, on the stalling issue, what do you guys think? also, i thought it could be running on 3 cyl, but cant really tell, is there a sure fire sound/visual/performance cue to look for?
Edited by vaggeli, Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:12 am.
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