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Corsa Sport » Message Board » Help Zone, Modification and ICE Advice » Help with a 1.6 16v sport engine.........White smoke...... » Post Reply
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dave17 |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 23:55 |
ohhh my 1.4 16v does this at the moment too! where can i get a new head gasket from? how much? and would it be hard 2 replace? | |
AndyCorsa |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 21:38 |
Defo sounds like head gasket has gone if you have white clouds comming out your exhaust. Happened to me when I had a Nova GTE few years back. Bought the parts and did it myself for about 30. Cost me about 15 quid to get the head skimmed too. | |
mattyboy199 |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 20:38 |
79k on a W is very high i would nt bother | |
Mav 3000 |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 20:27 |
Id walk away. Plenty more Corsas out there. Be hasty and youll more than likely regret it if its problems already! | |
Bennn |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 20:19 |
why go to vauxhall to do this work anyway? | |
AdamF |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 20:17 |
white smoke is coolant mate usauly indicating head gasket like alreaDdy said smell inside the header tank to see if it smells of exhaust fumes this would indicate gasket failure accross a water way and piston hence the white smoke from coolant burning | |
Andy |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 20:06 |
Sounds like a head gasket to me - check the expansion tank for oily sludge/low coolant levels. You could also do an emissions test - high HC levels indicate oil burning, a much more serious problem, but usually signalled by blue smoke. If it is just head gasket, it's relatively simple to sort | |
Kris TD |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 19:43 |
no, u would be better off not buying it and go find another one. | |
5doormodder |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 19:40 |
So id probably be better off doing what you did just getting a new engine for it ? | |
mattyboy199 |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 19:31 |
piston rings mate more than that to fix at vauxhall or maybe jus head gasket | |
corsa120 |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 19:31 |
hi mate i had the same problem with my 1.4 16v but i never had white smoke comin out, basically if the bottom end shells need replacing then the engine has had a hard life as they should not go really unless obviously its been ragged to death, and there is a high chance that the shells will have ground into the crank meaning the crank may need regrinding if the shells need replacing ur lookin at 500 quid but if u need the crank regrinding u could be lookin at a grand easy maybe more so........ | |
5doormodder |
posted on 4th Nov 03 at 19:13 |
Hello, Can anyone help me out here. I was going to buy a vauxhall corsa sport 1.6 16v W REG (2000) (done 79k miles) pretty high |