my mate just popped around for me to have a look at his car as its playing up, do i got the compression tester out and looked it over here was what i found:

cylinder 1=16 bar
cylinder 2=0
cylinder 3=16bar
cylinder 4=16 bar i put a little oil bown the cylinder and cylinder 2 raised to 3 bar. i then started the car up and had a look over it again, noticing a tiny amount of white smoke and low water level im thinking a head gasket causing damage to rings on cylinder 2?

So we thought if he's to spend money sorting it then why mess about with the 1.4? anyone know what engine conversions are common and fairly easy in the 214? cheers