Yidwann
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Registered: 22nd Jun 04
Location: Winchester
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Hi Guys n Gals,
Im posting this up for a friend as she is a little shy, and I know nowt about Corsa's not really my bag, but she needs a bit of help.
Recently, the car has been smoking a lot from burning oil. Recently refilled the oil and it was gone in about two weeks. Thought it might be the oil temp going up and making it run thin and burn off, but oil temp appears to be fine. So perhaps burning up on the piston rings or something along those lines? She took it into the Garage and they have had a bit of a fumble around and have come to the conclusion that one of the pistons is cracked and it will cost about 2k to fix? I'm at an end, but it doesn't sound right to me. So basically I need to ask.
1. Has anyone come across the same problems?
2. Could it be a cracked Piston
3. And if it is a piston (something im not ruling out) should the bill really be that amount, or is someone trying to take a girl for a ride?
Any ideas you can throw my way would gladly appreciate!
Cheers
Tom
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mike_1.2LS96
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Registered: 23rd Oct 03
Location: Darlington | Mazda 323 1.8 Exec
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1. Never heard of a cracked piston before
2. Probably worn piston rings
3. No, its shouldn't cost 2k, less than £500 really and these engines can be bought from £300 in good working order.
They cant say its cracked pistons unless they take the engine apart, and if it was, it wouldn't run at all.
It is possibly one or more:
Head gasket gone,
Valve stem seals gone,
Piston rings gone.
Just from my experience. 
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Corsa_B1.2
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Registered: 26th Feb 04
Location: Greenock, Inverclyde
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Piston rings or valve stem seals mate.
Cracked piston my arse. The car would probably run like crap if a piston was cracked.
They have just seen that she doesnt know alot about it and their taking advantage.
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corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
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got to be piston rings.
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corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
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or failing that the head gasket.cant see it being valve stems
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Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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my mate had a hole on one of his pistons on his 1.6 vectra and it ran like a pile of shit, he used 4 litres of oil a week, smoke billowed out the back, the plug on the cilinder with the damaged piston was covered with oil in less than 100 miles.
cracked piston would follow the same symptoms, she has probaby got what the others have said, most likely worn piston rings, valve stems
how many miles has the car done?
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GuildfordCorsa
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Registered: 3rd May 03
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There fuck all wrong with the pistons i drove the car it drive and runs ok
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Darren
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Registered: 21st Apr 02
Location: Hadleigh, Suffolk
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Valve stem seals, they went on mine and it smoked like a biatch on start up - cost about 500 squid
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bravotwozero007
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Registered: 27th Apr 04
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that sounds like rings, is it smoking all the time or just when you start the car? i had to have mine done, if you piston was cracked itd run like a bag of sh*t
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Yidwann
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Registered: 22nd Jun 04
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Thanks for the replies guys! I thought it would run like a John Deere on lead if something was really foooked up!
Mr GC, seeming as you have taken the motor for a spin! I'll now leave it in your capable hands!
Thanks again Folks! 
Tom
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