For those of you who don't know here is the story:

21 Dec - bought my first saff cossie

14 Jan - spend £500 having her chipped and tuned, was told head gasket was well on it's way

17 Jan - Take it to my fellas work for new head gasket, had the idea it'd save me a lot of trouble getting it done before it went (if that makes sense)

Fella takes head of, cracked block!!!

22 Jan - Pick up new bottom end (well 2nd hand) another £500

25 Jan - Engine fitted go for a drive , fooking things got an oil leak.

26 Jan - Get all the new rocker cover gaskets, from a very generous guy , (that's where the leak was coming from)

27 Jan - fit them, car strarts and runs mint

Ok time to go for a drive..........or maybe not - fooking clutch pedal won't go down to the floor, just stuck!!!!!!! AM I PISSED OR WHAT!!!!

What more can go wrong before I get to drive my friggin car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HENCE 1 BAT 1 CRYSTAL BLUE SAFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

not having much luck there... sure things will change...

 

see im not that bad

Can you get your Stu to sell me his Flint grey one hun pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeee

It's one thing after another with a cossie, but we still like them for some reason

 

stick with it girl


all cossies are a pain in the arse

 

bloody hell kim anyone would think it was a kitcar the amount of things that are going wrong with it


was that £500 for a 200 block? or was it the whole bottom end? ie crank and rods ect?

 

He can be persuaded to sell anything!!! Why you want another - I'm regreting having 1 - sure you don't want a crystal blue 1

I friggin hope so!!!!

My other cars have been sold due to smaller problems!

More things have gone wrong - there just not on this list - my whole sound system that I pulled out of my orion doesn't work - yet it was fine in the orion and I've totally re-wired the saff system!!! And my stereo screen has gone since I put it in the saff, again fine when it was in the orion, this car is jinxed!!!!

Not sure about the engine question - I'm not that clever!!!

 

Welcome to Cossie ownership......

Moral is if you buy a £4k car best have £4k to keep it running....... or in my case £4k car and £10k in 3 years..... sold it and got another

Lovely cars when running 100% but theres always that little voice in the back of your head saying "whats going to break next"

 

No want rid of mine, i hate the colour & after seeing all those white saphs lined up last night, ive relised i dont want the car. Im sure you and Stu would look good in a white saph

Can you pass the msg on hun, im interested if he wants to sell it

 

Sent you a PM Paul!

 

well youve cleared up quite a few problems straight away - hope its trouble free for a long time after you get this sorted!

 

not all £4k sapphs are shit steve

 

hope its all done soon Kim.

I'm sure Stuart will fix it for you.


Dave.

 

I hope not
as im getting one this wkend for only 3k needs abit of body work thats about it

I hope i dont have to much trouble

 

I give 3k for mine - the way I see it, if you pay this kind of money, you have to expect to pay out........


Anyway - got back up and running - took it for a drive - blew my dump valve pipe off, back up and running again - BETS ON - WHATS NEXT TO GO!!!

 

He only says this cos he's sellin one!

 

who fitted the engine kim

was it ure bloke ?

things like clutch pedal not going down sounds liek the release bearing or the arm have been incorectly fitted.

and things like hose clamps not being done up so blowing hoses



maybe u need to find a new mechanic

 

but Kims one is doing it for free....





Dave.

 

this is bad luck for you get rid of it and buy a metro

 

Sell it and get another. Really does sound cursed Kim. Sell it now and buy another instead. It's the stereo thing that confirms the curse for me

 

No my mechanic is the best in the world!!! He fixed everything that's ever gone wrong with my cars, and I've had a few, Nova, XR2, Rover, Orion Turbo, Cossie, there's never been anything he couldn't fix And the best thing! the only payment I make is in kind!!! The clutch was fine, even after we put the engine in, drove it for ages right over the tops, and it was all good then parked it up coz I had an oil leek, fixed it last night then the clutch wouldn't work, went out in it last night and it was fine.
Something is sticking somewhere, but it still drives even when it does stick as I found out this morning, it works its way loose after a few pushes on the pedal, its going back to Stu's work this morning to be fixed..... yet again........anyone for a crystal blue saff???

And the hose blowing off could be my fault - since I was the last to touch it

 

the release bearing if the later type may have snapped one of its mounting legs as on the later type they are plastic

 

Is that a big job???

This car is trying my fooking patience

 

Stop swearing

 

Sorry - told you I've very bad language - shout at me every time I do it!!!!

 

Smack your wrist LOL

You have PM aswell hun

 

If there wasn't a screen seperating us you'd be welcome to slap me every time I swore

 

Modded cars are always sent to try us!!! You should know that by now....especially after owning a N O V A (dont really want to be admitting things like that on a public forum! LOL) !!!

 

I was 17 and Nieve (or however else you spell it!!!) Oh ye and couldn't insure anything else

 

Lee you have a secet love for NOVA's dont you

 

Says you.....with ya secret Chav gadgets.......

 

Come on tell all!!!!

 

If I told u.....he might 'spark' me........HINT HINT!!

 

Lee you no you like those flames

Goes well with the smoker kit or is that the donut smoke

 

bloody hell thats bad luck. Pretty soon you'll have replaced most of the car thought surely, after which time surely it'll be like a different car anyway so should shake off the bad luck,
Good luck with it anyway!

 

Katie - Tell me about it!!! Never mind these things are set to try our patience!!!!!

 

Kim say them famous words....................
















It for sale

 

Not just yet!!! Give me at least another week

 

Wounder Kim, sorry to read the cow is still fighting ya

 

Dont be getting any idea's of taking the flint grey one, you can have my lovely white saph

 

Well yesterday it was off again, went to the stables, parked up fed horse got back in car.......wouldn't start!!!!!!!! How many more things!!! Turns out its the sensor that controls all the fuel.....it was flooding the car then starving it of petrol, but yet again my Stu sorted it.....went straight to the problem, I didn't have a clue!!!!!!! (Well that's what it seems to be)........

Paul - You want me to keep my hands off you will have to be nice to me!!!!!!!

I'll get Stu to PM you....