Hi everyone,
I bought a second hand car in May this year from a private garage with good reviews and lovely people. The car is a 54 plate Fiesta LX but had only done 12000 miles when I bought it (now on 19000). The engine looked as new (as I think you'd expect it!) and I've got all the paperwork to prove age and mileage etc. The salesman/mechanic also printed out the past MOT certificate too to prove it hadn't had to have any major work done (only bulbs changed). Almost as soon as I drove it the engine management light came on so I took it back and he plugged it in. It showed a cylinder 1 misfire so he changed the spark plugs and manually turned the light off and told me to bring it back if the light came back on. It did and I took it back and he changed the coil pack and manually turned the light off again, and told me to bring it back if it came on again.. It did. I took it back and he changed something else (sorry I can't remember what it was now!) and away I went. The light kept coming back on so I went back three more times and he changed all three bits again (he said just in case the first ones he put on were faulty). But still the light is on. It drives relatively okay, sometimes it does feel like it's not accelerating as it should but only for a very short while then it's okay. The mechanic said he'd rand a few mechanic friends and even the ford garage but they are all stumped as to what the problem could be. Then more recently it's started to lose engine coolant too, and now I've found that milky liquid in the oil cap (which I think someone said could be just condensation or could be linked to the headgasket going?) anyway I wanted to know if these could be linked as the mechanic is saying he won't pay for the head gasket as the car isn't under warranty now and the ongoing problem with the injector/EM light couldn't be linked to that, therefore it isn't covered. I'm a student and can't afford to replace it, and I bought this car with literally the last of my savings thinking it should be reliable due to the low mileage! (Haha).
Any advice much appreciated!! Thanks!