Big-Dan

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A friend of mine wants a Frontera, he's thinking of buying this as it's cheap but with a couple of problems. The auction ends in an hour but I'm only here for the next 30 mins, so a quick reply is needed if possible.

It quite clearly staes that it starts but blows water, can anybody confirm if this is a head gasket issue or would something else cause this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Big-Dan.

steanlol

Got to be head gasket , pressure going into the cooling system

as355f1

fooked head gasket

Rossco

Could be head gasket, could be leaking hose, cracked head or a cracked block. Id keep well clear.

TOMMY_RS

sounds like head gasket but i wouldn't pay though pay pay etc, inspect it first before handing over any cash

utternutter

the 2.2 engine is terrible there allways snapping chains

Rossco

Its an auction, winning bidder buys it what ever IMO.

Big-Dan

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Cheers folks, I'll tell him not to bother.

Rossco

There crap when there working, let alone when there broken.

Rsmat

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deffo agree with ya mate.....ID STAY WELL CLEAR!..

steanlol

I'll second that comment

TOMMY_RS

i see what you mean there but i would like a look if it was me before i bought it, although it ends in a hour so unless your local then fuck that
personally i wouldn't buy it
i bought a bike off ebay that 'wudnt start' turned out the fuckin engine had blew up so yeah i wud enver really bu a project or what ever off ebay unless i had checked it over etc..

righthooker

couldnt disagree more i have had a 2.2 for 4 years and have been all over in it , infact i just MOT`d it and for the first time i had to spend a couple of quid on some cv boots

ballin

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Fronteras are just about the shittest 4x4 money can buy, why does he want one?

righthooker

Thats why lots of people use them for off roading , very underestimated by those who have never had one

Big-Dan

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As above, he wants to do abit of off-roading it it and it's relatively small for a 4x4.

He didn't get it in the end, won the auction for Ł170ish but it didn't meet the reserve price, bloke wants Ł400!

Big-Dan.

zetec-Sam

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Don't bother with a frontera then! They're shit on the road, let alone off it!

Rossco

Suzuki SJ10

zetec-Sam

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yup, cheap/jap, go for an sj. If you want something awesome, get a landy (will be more money though (possibly ALOT more )

Rs(555)

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run away from it like the windbag of shite allround crap motors

ballin

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you having a laugh?!

alistairolsen

Says a man who knows nothing about them then...

The 2.2 in the frontera is a long stroke, tall block ecotec engine with a belt. The 2.2 with a chain is a completely different engine, never fitted to a frontera.......

brad

I dont think i have ever seen a frontera on any of our local off road days.
sure i heard that even with a lift kit they just cant get the ground clearance or articulation that other "better known" offroaders get .

alistairolsen

the front axles tend to fail at extreme angles when given a bit of stick and the front end lacks the required articulation and ground clearance due to the IFS layout. Depends what youre doing, for rock crawling no, for a bit of greelaning, scatters etc they wouldnt be bad.

DanW@FastFord

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He wants Ł400 for a Frontera with a knackered engine??? It's probably only worth that with a mint engine!

Big-Dan

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The recent snow falls have pushed the price up for some reason, ebay prices for 96-98 models average around Ł600 of which none of them are in top condition.

I can't talk him out of it, I've tried many a time. He wants one to offroad, bash into things etc and not worry about the cosmetics, I firmly believe he's going to ram somebody off the road in it if any road rage occurs. Should be a cheap laugh for him and a free laugh for me, lol.

Big-Dan.

utternutter

didnt know that


however ok the 2.2 car engine is shit

alistairolsen

Also not true, its a very good engine with huge tuning potential. The early ones had chain issues which were mainly repaired by vauxhall. A few failed prematurely. Id happily buy one now tbh.

utternutter

the amount of ones my brother has repaied with snapped chains is unreal, im also quite often seing cars on ebay for sale spares with similar probs. too common for me, i quite love vauxhal cars but there is a couple engines that had a lot more probs than others