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Old 04-10-2008, 04:03 PM
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Default cossie is broken!!
well as the title says its broken,only just got her motd,went to see a mate bottom end let go and is knocking like a good un

totally gutted spent the whole summer getin it painted bought loads of new stuff for it and now this..really testing my patience now!!
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ah feel for ya fella!i am done the same spent nearly a grand doing the headgasket etc now got a strange noise from the bottom end!best thing to do is what i have done!cover the car up and forget about it for a while !
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Old 04-10-2008, 04:17 PM
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The joy of fords! lol
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i know what you mean i got my s2 looking good for the ford fair, restored it got engine set up by harvey gibbs, now misfiring again not sure what problem is
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wounded mate.

pass mot, ok, though?
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mot went through no problem,not even any advisorys.
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ah feel for ya fella!i am done the same spent nearly a grand doing the headgasket etc now got a strange noise from the bottom end!best thing to do is what i have done!cover the car up and forget about it for a while !
not had it checked over yet but im pretty certain

i were steady away doin 70 on the m-way and all of a sudden metal on metal sound..really loud aswell.
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The joys of cossies

Fuckin awesome when there going well but they never fail to break your heart and wallet
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Originally Posted by Moonstone Mo
not had it checked over yet but im pretty certain

i were steady away doin 70 on the m-way and all of a sudden metal on metal sound..really loud aswell.

dont sound to good tbh!do u have a oil pressure gauge fitted!!
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nightmare mate. A friend of mind had a MR2 had it a month then the bottom end let go. He repaired that then bought an evo 6. He had that 2 weeks and blew it up. Number 2 piston let go and scored all the block. People go on about jap reliability. What a load of shite.
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shame, always something happens when you have just spent money on them.
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dont sound to good tbh!do u have a oil pressure gauge fitted!!
nope none at all im actually thinking it may be oil starvation.
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The joys of cossies

Fuckin awesome when there going well but they never fail to break your heart and wallet
couldnt have put it better myself..i dont want to give up on the ol girl
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it seems we both have a case of sump off time then
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bitch aint it.mines coming close to the 100k mark so supose it was only a matter of time!!
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They MOT tester didnt take it out for a road test did he?
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very much so fella!yours has done well tho to get to that mileage with out a rebuild!!!at least its let go at the begining of winter nd not the summer!
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i know mate i had plans of taking off the road for the winter,but not quite what i had in mind.
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