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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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hey all
just put a festa turbo efi engine in the estate took her for a spin and the amount of white smoke was unbelievable i mean it covered the whole road also i have no petrol guage no battery light and the revs stick at 1500rpm for bout 30 seconds every time i accelate and back off

i am desperate for help here as i need it for work tomorro
can anyone help???
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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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any one????
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 05:59 PM
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what mark is the estate ie 3/4/5 etc and did it have an efi loom in it to start with or did u fit one?!
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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it had a 1.1 engine i fitted the frst engine with the full frst loom its got even worse thinkin head gasket maybe?
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Old Feb 8, 2009 | 12:15 AM
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oil in the water mate?
did u hear or see the engine going?
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 12:37 PM
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turns out its the headgasket
oh well new parts for me
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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nope it was double wammy and the turbo blew aswell lol
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