I bought this cossie last week that was sat for 3 years in a barn im led to belive. 107000 miles it runs but its a bit smokey and the brakes are siezed. There is a few patches of rust on the rear arches boot floor and sills. cost me £950



Now i really would like to have it on the road and cosworth tuners in my area (Aberdeen) arnt very close just seem to be jap tuners.

Would the smoke come from rings, valve seals or turbo ?

Also found in glove box were 803 greens and a chip



Anyone know the spec of the chip? it says sierra sapphire 2.0l BD47 on it.

Any help would be great thanks.

 

Bargain price.

AVA will be closest to you are they?

 

what colour is the smoke?? if its been sat for 3 years without starting i would guess all 3 o the above

 

Yeah AVA i think is in Glasgow about 160 miles away i will end up there to get her set up.

Yeah all three ? the rings is what im worried about. Any idea the cost of a bottom end rebuild ?

 

3 years is along time mate not to be started up.. the turbo could just be shot due to wear and the seals may have dried out etc..

well that depends if your handy with the spanners.. you could ebuild your whole engine at home mate

 

950 is the bargain of the centuary even if it does need a rebuild!

 

Yeah i have a propper look at it tomorow. see what colour smoke its putting out

 

£950

well done mate; bargain

mine was stood for 11 years with the head off and my rings were fine; what colour is the smoke; could be valve stem seals or it could of needed a rebuild before it was stored in the barn - best thing to do is take it too somone who knows cossies and what they are looking at

as for the chip, i wouldnt use it; get a new chip of someone like MSD in Blackpool

 

£950 quid, u jammy bugger!! Sounds like getting the car to the likes of AVA for a health check is a good move or are you going to tackle the bodywork first?

 

what a bargain, got anymore pics

 

Nice find

Few places worth taking it to, AVA in Glasgow, AP Motorsport in Edinburgh even Agra in Dundee will rebuild a cossie engine, heard they do a good job but never used them for cossie, they rebuilt my pinto though.

 

where about exactly is ap motorsport in edinburgh? a phone number starting with 440 is usually the west side isnt it?

 

nice car m8 needs a bit of money spendin on it

 

They are just up next to Ikea, got a nice big new place

 

My brother is a painter so that takes care of that, Im looking to spend a grand on getting it running as standard so it should still work out as a cheap cossie i hope ?

 

Dont be scared to get stuck in chap...the cossie yb is a doddle to work on being so basic. If you get stuck just ask on here for help, plenty of really knowledgable people on passionford (few cocks as well but you can normaly see thru them tbh lol)
As said, £950 is a bargain, well done!
ps ebay is a very usefull parts source for a cossie owner but if your new to cossies then be carefull what you start bidding on, as well as having great bargains etc its also riddled with crap sold by tossers.

 

Today i went to 3 garages to get a can of petrol, as we are not allowed to fill cans only £20 per car WTF!?

So got the cossie fired up took a video and she doesnt sound too healthy running off a cylinder and smoking worse than i thought .


Then noticed smoke out the bonnet, so had a look and the air box which was open was filled with strange looking grey oil that came out the breather pipe.

Could this be head gasket ??

 

i would say yes!!looks like white smoke as well!

 

Oil in the filter housing,would be sign of a turbo failure.will be in abdn next sunday could have a look if you like

cheeRS stu

 

Yeah the filter housing isnt connected to the turbo at the moment the oil just landed there from the breather pipe. Im 30 miles north of aberdeen, peterhead. You going to the gordon barracks ? i think im heading there too not with cossie tho