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Bored of drivin small cars...

Curran · 2007-06-21 07:15:20

Morning folks, So heres the deal....im getting tired of driving small/average sized cars - you know the usual family cars - ive owned a Focus and Almera Im 24, and want something bigger - was thinking of going older, cheaper and spending more on the insurance and tax and loosing not so much on the depreciation. Good iead…

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#62 25-06-2007 4:01pm
unkel

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Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!

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Curran wrote:

How do you tell if it has this problem - is there an easy way of noticing

A rough idle is usually an indicator. But to know for sure you need to do a leakdown test

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#63 25-06-2007 4:07pm
rebel.ranter

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I think too many people have been reading too many UK BMW magazines. Most of the cars with this issue were 1996-March 1998, all of which are now 10 years old (or there abouts).
If they lasted this long:
- The problem didn't affect them
- They didn't "grow up" with the High Sulphur content petrol
- They had the issue dealt with under goodwill/warranty

Poor idle at cold start up & excessive oil consumption are the tell tale signs.

They changed in March '98 to an Alusil bore lining, I think most of the swapped out engines and steel liners before this.

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#64 25-06-2007 9:46pm
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Yep, a compression test on the cylinders is also a sure sign if your in the clear or not in relation to Nikasil.

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