Rob E
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Astra Van came into work with a misfire, pulled the head off and found this! 



yes thats the con rod you can see there!

and this is the culprit for all the damage
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joey736
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Registered: 11th Mar 07
Location: hexham, near newcastle drives: Aurora XE
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nasty
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Rob E
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120,000 on the clock and is a lease vehicle. priced up a new engine and it came to just short of £4,000 in parts alone
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JonnyJ
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Jesus
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Robin
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Sorry? It came in with a MISFIRE?
I'm amazed it was still working at all 
Bore looks like it's undamaged too
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willay
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that is some excellent spanking
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stan_the_man
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I think that may we the worst ive ever seen lol.
Jeeeeezusss!
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Matt L
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wats wrong with it? looks fine to me
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stan_the_man
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quote: Originally posted by p3boy
Astra Van came into work with a misfire, pulled the head off and found this!
So when did you get round to dismantling the engine?? 
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Rob E
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didnt touch the bottom end as already had a good few hours of labour on it, gota wait for the lease company to get back to us now, the ball is in their court and i seriously doubt it will be back on the road
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