well what can i say had this car for 6 weeks or summin problem after problem cant belive a car could have so many problems so so so fooked with it id be lucky to get 50quid for it totallt pissed rite off i pulled in to my drive after being at work and smelt burning and water hissin under the bonnet opend it nearly to have my face taken off with a face full of steam water pissing over the engne i gave up and went in, when i came out i couldnt belive the header tank had split and now ive been told its the head gasket !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when i got the car it had the fan set to be running all the time wouldnt this have stopped it over heating the needle was past the red GUTTED

so thats more problems and work so glad i got them new traniers ill be walking to work now !!!

ive dun nothing but spend money on this car and for nowt LOL got laugh suppose well no not really

 

I think weve all been there m8!

 

h/gasket aint no biggie

stat could have stat stuck shut, with the heat head may be a big wobbly tho

gasket is Ł30, bolts are Ł10, mite aswell do cambelt while you are at it
personally i'd get a full built up head rather than use a cooked 1

u'd be back on the rd in no time

 

i know mate but ive replaced nearly every dam bit !!! so far in 6 weeks ive replaced

leads,sparks,cambelt,cam,dizzy.dizzycap,igintion coil,battery,altinator oil filter, fuel filter etc and god knows what else all new and now im skint lol and this happens just fooked off lads u gotta know the feeling !!

 

yeah i just have to go and get the bits from my big stash tho

my cars still sat there engineless tho


goin on a mad 1 over xmas and fitting 2 rst engines and boxes in my stored up rst's and zvh in my estate 2morra
you got it easy

 

lol sounds sweet mate hope u have more luck then me !!!

 

i doubt it



got 2 rotters to strip too

then find sumwhere to store all the bits, nightmare

 

gutted for u mate

 

lol as corny as it soundz i have always wanted a RSturbo since i was old enough to know what a car was and im gutted i finally got one and its buggerd!!!!

just cant work out if everythings worth puting rite or weather i should save up and buy another one im skint so be a good 6 months off the road till i could get one

 

if you like the car keep it if its a nail break it and buy a mint 1

 

i do love it just ant got pockets deep enough and being young dont help being stung for insurance lol

 

looks very nice mate i no wot u mean about wonting 1 am saving as we speak take it off road get your self a run about and do the turbo properly

 

that could be a good idea mate sound i did think bout it probly the best option really

 

hope u get it sorted mate

 

respect, 88 spec all the way

 

I dont know what youre giving out about,from the above list,except the cam,everything else is just normal service parts.The car is 17 years old isnt it,what do you expect??Think you were a little unlucky with the over heating,BUT why didnt you turn off the engine before the guage went into the red???Get it fixed and it should be as good as new,regards Micky

 

I had this discussion the other day, dunno if it was you?

But basically I was in much the same situation as yourself, things always going wrong and every spare penny I had was going on just replacing parts / repairs, had no spare cash at all.

One day summit went wrong, and that was the final straw for me, so I decided to get myself a run about, to try and build up some cash and get the car done properly.

 

DONT GIVE IN I BOUGHT 1 AND 2 DAY LATER MELTED NO3 PISTON JUST GONE FUL HOG AND TOTALLY REBUILT THE MOTOR ZVH COST A FORTUNE,ACCRILITE FORGED PISTONS,BLUE PRINTED BOTTOM END ECT.LEAVE YA CAR OF ROAD OVER WINTER SAVE UP AND BUILD IT WILL SOLVE ALL YA PROBLEMS WITH IT MINES TUCKED UP IN THE GARAGE ONLY COVERED 2 MILES.SHOULD COST THAT MUCH PISTONS+RINGS Ł200,BOTTOM END BEARINGS Ł80,OIL PUMP Ł100,HEAD GASKET Ł30 JOB SORTED

 

it shot up quickly the needle on the heat gauge up to now never reached qtr up then all of a sudden this
just bout a new alti too
bugger it bin on the blower to a few freinds etc ive stopped felling sorri for me self and got the ball rollin

got a mate taking the head of to be skimmed 2moro then a new gasket to be orderd then hopefully get it back put back 2gther fingers crossed and should be sweet

as for servicien its dun altho needs new break shoes i fink

whats the best oil to put in it when i do the change ???

anything that i should inspect well im probly not going to be doing it but ill be there

 

CHECK YA BORES AND PISTONS FOR WEAR/PISTON SLAP

 

is that what pinking does ? slappin pistons ?

 

sorri im not to up with engine works and hows and dos

 

NO PINKING TIMING ECT WHILE HEAD OF SEE IF THERE IS WEAR ON THE BORES AND SEE IF THERE IS LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THE PISTONS IN THE BORES.CHUCK A COUPLE OF HUNDRED POUNDS AT IT AND REBUILD THE BOTTOM END

 

if i went for a bottom end jobbie should i go zvh ?? anybody got a link to a zvh topic had a look but want a detailed one coz im blind to be honest mate had a zvh with 250plus bhp was fooking rapid apart from that dont know anything

 

do u replace the bottom end or just the internals ?pistons etc ?

 

replaced the lot pistons,rings,oil pump,bearingect go www.quantums.info/zvh.htm for all ya infp

 

spot on mate ive just posted in the forum opps for this lol sound mate im avin a good read of it too

 

i've been in the same boat. spent five grand on my first one. it blew up twise in as many months. finaly got it how i wanted it and running sweet and sum punk stole it. i'm now on number two three weeks down the line and BANG yet another engine. Stage three on the way with cossie management 300bhp by the summer. Keep your heads up boys and keep smileing. Before you know it the summer will be here and you'll be struggling to keep the fooker cool again ha.

 

true i hat theiving fuckers

 

get the fooker sorted mate, you'l feel so much better driving about a car you've got back to its best than a car that you bought because you gave up on another one......

best o luck whatever you do with it

 

Chin up mate had my S1 since July driven it twice it's broke down twice too, me & my bro had to push it half a mile home in October
Got some stupid notion about selling it for a while after that, but it soon blew over...
And you know what? Wouldn't change it for the world now
In fact, looking for an S2 to swap with my MR2 Turbo now!

 

Don't go ZVH, just another reason for insurance to rob you!!

Jut build it proper and job done