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Wont be going to Gaydon - engine went bang!
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:55 pm
by Adammcf
Was driving along fine today car going well when all of a sudden there was a crazy tapping noise. Put car into neutral and then it died with some smoke out the back.
Ive taken off the rocker cover and everything looks fine but one of the spark plugs has its tip squashed a little!
I hope the engine isnt completely f***ed.
The worst thing is I spent ALL day cleaning and polishing the car and it has never looked as good. Its in show room condition almost which is why Im completely gutted I wont make it to Gaydon.
Looks like tomorrow Im going to be stripping the engine apart again to find out the damage!
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:01 pm
by Andy325i
Gutted for you mate
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:05 pm
by TOURINGDADDY
join the dead club me and fowler cant make it either as his 320 has died also, hart transplant tomorrow
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:57 pm
by Simon
Ahh no, Adam, I'm gutted for you, I remember how dis-heartend you were when you had the head problems
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:04 pm
by Karan
OH FCUK!!!
sorry mate
i hope ure head is still ok.....!!!
my car wont be making it but i will...... centre scorpion section blown open!
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:44 pm
by Adammcf
The sickener is that I'd got the car looking fantastic and was on a real high. I couldnt wait until tomorrow to show it off.
I was on my way to some local lakes with a mate following in his Impreza to take some nice pics of the cars.
I was leading and the car was running well but it started sounding like it was missing a litte. I though it was just one of the leads or spark plugs coming loose a little.
Even so the Impreza couldnt catch it.
From a high to a bad low in the space of 10 seconds. Im completely gutted now.
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:34 am
by Jhonno
Gutted for you dude
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:10 am
by Dominitry
Not good dude, sorry to hear it
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:16 am
by ZS
Squashed plug sounds like a broken valve.
Sorry to hear it.
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:51 am
by Sjoerd320i
sorry to hear that mate
lets hope hope the head's still ok
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:39 pm
by JonnyDrift
Sorry to hear that Adam mate-hope you get it sorted.
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:18 pm
by Adam318i
Aye that is shit luck, and just after all your head probs aswell
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:54 pm
by Adammcf
Just got the head off and its 100 times worse than I thought.
http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=15580
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 7:59 am
by PeteE30Tourer
Really sorry to hear about this Adam - i read your previous threads about changing the head with nothing but admiration for you taking the job on yourself. I've read your other thread in the tech-help section too - looks horrific, but it's sounding like you may have some come-back on the supplier on the head - i'm really hoping that pays out for you.