Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Club compression problem in 1 cylinder
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Just had the car back from the garage and they measured the compression as followed:
1:210
2:100
3:220
4:230
1+2 spark plugs were fouled.
Only had this car 1 month and I am the 3rd owner, car has done 45K and burns 2L of oil with every full tank. Recently the engine emissions warning light came on when i was doing 70, it crawled home at a max of 35 and a really faint rumble noise.
The next day it was fine except the sound of spluttering.
The garage recommended a new engine at the cost of £1500-£2000 as the cost of reconditioning the original engine would be about the same.
This is way too much, are there any cheaper fixes?
1:210
2:100
3:220
4:230
1+2 spark plugs were fouled.
Only had this car 1 month and I am the 3rd owner, car has done 45K and burns 2L of oil with every full tank. Recently the engine emissions warning light came on when i was doing 70, it crawled home at a max of 35 and a really faint rumble noise.
The next day it was fine except the sound of spluttering.
The garage recommended a new engine at the cost of £1500-£2000 as the cost of reconditioning the original engine would be about the same.
This is way too much, are there any cheaper fixes?
chill96 said:
Just had the car back from the garage and they measured the compression as followed:
1:210
2:100
3:220
4:230
1+2 spark plugs were fouled.
Only had this car 1 month and I am the 3rd owner, car has done 45K and burns 2L of oil with every full tank. Recently the engine emissions warning light came on when i was doing 70, it crawled home at a max of 35 and a really faint rumble noise.
The next day it was fine except the sound of spluttering.
The garage recommended a new engine at the cost of £1500-£2000 as the cost of reconditioning the original engine would be about the same.
This is way too much, are there any cheaper fixes?
Sounds expensive for a used engine swap.1:210
2:100
3:220
4:230
1+2 spark plugs were fouled.
Only had this car 1 month and I am the 3rd owner, car has done 45K and burns 2L of oil with every full tank. Recently the engine emissions warning light came on when i was doing 70, it crawled home at a max of 35 and a really faint rumble noise.
The next day it was fine except the sound of spluttering.
The garage recommended a new engine at the cost of £1500-£2000 as the cost of reconditioning the original engine would be about the same.
This is way too much, are there any cheaper fixes?
Hard to imagine the car being worth that much either ? What age is it.
Either way sounds like either head gasket or piston damage..
Without pulling it apart or a proper inspection, impossible to say from here.
I'm sure a repair could be cheaper if exact damage was known. But when you're paying dummies for labour...swapping an engine is the easiest bit ( usually...often even that is beyond the abilities of many garages it seems )
We bought the car cheap knowing that it was burning oil and suspected it to be the head gasket. I did tell the garage that i thought it was the head gasket however they were very certain that it was not.
If the millage is genuinely 45K then is it possible that gunk around the piston rings could actually cause such a loss in compression, high oil consumption and fouled spark plugs?
The car is 2003
If the millage is genuinely 45K then is it possible that gunk around the piston rings could actually cause such a loss in compression, high oil consumption and fouled spark plugs?
The car is 2003
Yes,short journeys,abuse,poor or little servicing esp oil changes,etc.will shag stuff reasonably rapidly,combined with small design flaws or errors,crap materials and so on.
Modern stuff goes from tolerable noise to BANG!much quicker than older stuff.
Have your garage tried a compression test with some oil down the bores for comparison?
Or even a cylinder leakage test,which will determine through compressed air where the escaping air is predominantly coming from.
These are simple tests,basics,that any garage should be undertaking before getting anywhere near giving a verdict.
Modern stuff goes from tolerable noise to BANG!much quicker than older stuff.
Have your garage tried a compression test with some oil down the bores for comparison?
Or even a cylinder leakage test,which will determine through compressed air where the escaping air is predominantly coming from.
These are simple tests,basics,that any garage should be undertaking before getting anywhere near giving a verdict.
No I don't think the garage did any of these tests because i asked what tests they did and all they really said was about the one compression test.
I will be taking it to another garage that someone recommended to me tomorrow.If they tell me the same thing price wise then i will try a whole load of forte treatment, new oil and oil filter and maybe some engine restorer and hopes this helps.
I have a feeling that as it is just one cylinder that has such severe compression issues then it won't really do much
I will be taking it to another garage that someone recommended to me tomorrow.If they tell me the same thing price wise then i will try a whole load of forte treatment, new oil and oil filter and maybe some engine restorer and hopes this helps.
I have a feeling that as it is just one cylinder that has such severe compression issues then it won't really do much
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