WU-TANG- DAN
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yeh, i was thinking of taking my doors off  
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WU-TANG- DAN
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my managed to just go wrong mechanically tonight!.
long story short, water leak, radiator gets baking hot, engine starts mis-firing, chance the head gasket has gone!.
balls!, i love my corsa!
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Otc87
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my old 8v was indestructable lol how have you managed that !!
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willay
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wu tang clan aint nothing to fuck with
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WU-TANG- DAN
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they aint but the corsa engine is!
head gasket has gone and water in the cylinders, water in the oil as well.
i think driving it too hard and not maintaining it appropriatley for a car its age were the deciding factors here!
so.......probably guna have to get a new car now as i have MOT in jan (which mine will 99% fail) and with the cost of repairs to the engine it has to be asked wether its economical to spend £££'s on a car bought for £450
gutted i am, i wish i could rewind 48 hours!
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WU-TANG- DAN
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can anyone give me some rough estimate prices on repairs from a garage?
not a dealer, just a garage.
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IvIarkgraham
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its gonna be about £250 to fix i would have thought
[Edited on 24-12-2007 by IvIarkgraham]
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WU-TANG- DAN
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oh......right ok, thanks for that mate, looks like its a goner then.
lookin at the pics, what could i make from breaking it up? or would i be best selling it as a non-runner?
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IvIarkgraham
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probably best selling as a non runner
nothing on it worth selling really.
no aftermarket parts.
if you want to strip it you could sell windows doors boot bonnet wheels bumpers seats
probably make about 150 more then selling as a whole
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WU-TANG- DAN
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i've been told that having a head gasket skimmed makes a car significantly quicker
any truth in this?
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ash_corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by WU-TANG- DAN
i've been told that having a head gasket skimmed makes a car significantly quicker
any truth in this?
no
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WU-TANG- DAN
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right, not guna bother fixing the engine so car will now be scrapped and parents buy me another car.
so....may be another vauxhall...could be something else!
guna be a bit sad to see it go as i think it had the potential to be a very good looking car, but there were a few too many things wrong cosmetically
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WU-TANG- DAN
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so anyway, i will be breaking certain pieces from the car so U2U me if you want anything.
i wont be selling any vital parts of the car like doors though, need to keep it relativly intact so i can drive it and sell to the scrappy.
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WU-TANG- DAN
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sold the spoiler for £30
scrapped it and got £30
engine blew up outside scrapyard lol
bye bye corsa, dont think i will get another corsa now, unless something mint comes up. Hopefully ill have a lexus by 22 so maybe another vauxhall between now and then.
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