Nick 172 Sport

i recently posted on here about a bad missfire i had and it went worseand thrown a eml light on the car has done 155000 been advised that the head needs re doing and a top end rebuild any advise before i break it im totally gutted as have only had it 8 months

neil andeRSon

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Which engine mate? I'm gonna be looking at a diseasel one soon...

RichieST

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What sort of advice do you need?

Nick 172 Sport

no petrol 2 litre only thoght it would be a coilpack or plugs anyway been told it will still run but get worse ill run it to the end off the week only got 1 months mot so rather it happen now instead off freshly moteing it

GVK.

Whats been tested on it?

Has the compression been tested?

Has the injector been tested/swapped?

Does it miss all the time, or just on acceleration?

Nick 172 Sport

it misses all the time specially on acceleration if you keep it at speed with no revs its fine it cost me 30 quid to diagnose this he was goin on about valve seals etc

GVK.

I know these engines can burn oil at high mileage but not seen any top-end issues yet.

Not to say it's not possible it could have..

As above, it needs a compression test doing, it could have a valve burnt out.

Valve seals would cause smoke not a misfire unless it's fouling the plug which I doubt.

Nick 172 Sport

ill bell him tommorow it isnt very good at starting either and it does blow smoke out on start up along with needing a new thermostat aswell

GVK.

Ah, so it has more issues than just a misfire then

Nick 172 Sport

from what ive read on other forums the thermostate if not changed it can wreck the head proberly was fooked when i bought it