GUZZLER blew my cossie up......**now with pics*
06-02-2005, 08:37 AM
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GUZZLER blew my cossie up......**now with pics*
We havnt been out for ages, so we thought we would have a little drive to
Southend, Our mates escort turbo blew up just after Watford on the M25,
We were having a wee bit of a tearup with my mates Evo 8 FQ340,
felt the cossie pink a bit, slowed down a bit, accelerated a bit & it felt all
wrong,,, managed to nurse it to the garage off jct 28 smoking & misfiring,
Luckily we have good friends and our mate got a flat bed to pick us up and he also got his mates car to lend us to drive home
xr2i 
Matt decided to go take the spark plugs out at 1.30am, this morning only to find that number 4 had melted and the electrode had dropped in to the bore, If that wasnt bad enough we then realise that the spark plugs that were in there were BCR80S ESCORT TURBO ones
Weve only had the car 3 weeks
typical 
So ive told matt that i want it fixed for tomorrow or else pmsl
, so hes gonna take the head off today and check the extent of the damage, ill post some pics up later
Southend, Our mates escort turbo blew up just after Watford on the M25,
We were having a wee bit of a tearup with my mates Evo 8 FQ340,
felt the cossie pink a bit, slowed down a bit, accelerated a bit & it felt all
wrong,,, managed to nurse it to the garage off jct 28 smoking & misfiring,
Luckily we have good friends and our mate got a flat bed to pick us up and he also got his mates car to lend us to drive home
xr2i Matt decided to go take the spark plugs out at 1.30am, this morning only to find that number 4 had melted and the electrode had dropped in to the bore, If that wasnt bad enough we then realise that the spark plugs that were in there were BCR80S ESCORT TURBO ones
Weve only had the car 3 weeks
typical So ive told matt that i want it fixed for tomorrow or else pmsl
, so hes gonna take the head off today and check the extent of the damage, ill post some pics up later
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my old sapphire ate the electrode off a plug. god knows what happened to the piece as it was no where to be found!!! i was hoofing it at the time so it must have gone through the engine. lol.
hope all is well.
adz.
hope all is well.
adz.
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Originally Posted by saphycozzie-adz
my old sapphire ate the electrode off a plug. god knows what happened to the piece as it was no where to be found!!! i was hoofing it at the time so it must have gone through the engine. lol.
hope all is well.
adz.
hope all is well.
adz.
06-02-2005, 09:31 AM
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Wounder... that could be an engine rebuild job.
Non necessarily the plugs fault either as that temperature range is actually ok for stage 3 even if i do think they are very soft. Temperature of the head will do that to an engine easily, was she running hot?
The fact you heard a YB pinking is the key to your problems...
Non necessarily the plugs fault either as that temperature range is actually ok for stage 3 even if i do think they are very soft. Temperature of the head will do that to an engine easily, was she running hot?
The fact you heard a YB pinking is the key to your problems...
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Im just gutted cos we have only had it a short time, we have had matts 4x4 for 18 months and its never missed a beat
oh well its only a car, at least were all safe and sound
oh well its only a car, at least were all safe and sound
06-02-2005, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Wounder... that could be an engine rebuild job.
Non necessarily the plugs fault either as that temperature range is actually ok for stage 3 even if i do think they are very soft. Temperature of the head will do that to an engine easily, was she running hot?
The fact you heard a YB pinking is the key to your problems...
Non necessarily the plugs fault either as that temperature range is actually ok for stage 3 even if i do think they are very soft. Temperature of the head will do that to an engine easily, was she running hot?
The fact you heard a YB pinking is the key to your problems...
we will no more in a while as matts out there now stripping it down.
Bloody cars
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Gutted m8...
My engine did the same thing on me in september, thats why im on an complet engine rebuild
Hope you get it sorted as fast as possible...
NICE wheels by the way
My engine did the same thing on me in september, thats why im on an complet engine rebuild
Hope you get it sorted as fast as possible...
NICE wheels by the way
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Everyone slags those plugs of, but i run them in my Stage 3 for years when i first had it until peeps started warning me about them i changed them lol
Everyone slags those plugs of, but i run them in my Stage 3 for years when i first had it until peeps started warning me about them i changed them lol
06-02-2005, 10:06 AM
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Sorry to hear this guys
My old car and it didn't miss a beat whilst i owned it
Its a Cossie though and although they are built to be thrashed sometimes they do spit their dummys out without warning! Nature of the beast i guess.
Hope its repairable and btw it looks cool on the MO's
My old car and it didn't miss a beat whilst i owned it
Its a Cossie though and although they are built to be thrashed sometimes they do spit their dummys out without warning! Nature of the beast i guess.Hope its repairable and btw it looks cool on the MO's
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Originally Posted by Rhys
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Everyone slags those plugs of, but i run them in my Stage 3 for years when i first had it until peeps started warning me about them i changed them lol
Everyone slags those plugs of, but i run them in my Stage 3 for years when i first had it until peeps started warning me about them i changed them lol
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Originally Posted by SPADGE
Sorry to hear this guys
My old car and it didn't miss a beat whilst i owned it Its a Cossie though and although they are built to be thrashed sometimes they do spit their dummys out without warning! Nature of the beast i guess.
Hope its repairable and btw it looks cool on the MO's
My old car and it didn't miss a beat whilst i owned it
Its a Cossie though and although they are built to be thrashed sometimes they do spit their dummys out without warning! Nature of the beast i guess.Hope its repairable and btw it looks cool on the MO's
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i gave mine some shit last night , only thing that went was my back when i was reaching for a twatting harness strap 
fookin agony.
hope the cars up and running soon
fookin agony.hope the cars up and running soon