Ben D
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
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Well after all the Other Problems i have had with my corsa SRi i just found my headgasket has gone, Mayonaise  , Since owning it i have only done around 5 miles topsin it since buying it on very short journeys, House- garage - mot -garage so could have been gone before i bought it.
Anyway since buying the car it has been down on power with massive flat spot's and not accellerating at the rate it should be doing, it's Very slow,
Could the Power Loss be caused by the HGF?
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Dan
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id say so 
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topshot_2k
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mayonaise can also be caused by cndesation in the rocker covers. Often happens on cars the do short journeys
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Ben D
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan
id say so
Hope so, Mate who is a Mechanic said he will take it to work and do the Head gasket and get the head skimmed for £100
Topshot, It's been throwing water out of the header tank too
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topshot_2k
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ahh, have you had a compression test done etc?
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Anthony
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quote:
Originally posted by benji_2k5
quote:
Originally posted by Dan
id say so
Hope so, Mate who is a Mechanic said he will take it to work and do the Head gasket and get the head skimmed for £100
Topshot, It's been throwing water out of the header tank too
mine was doing this today, only had the car sat there ontick over... the fan didnt kick in either
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Ben D
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
ahh, have you had a compression test done etc?
no Not yet, Will set about it at Weekend.
Really do hope the only problem's the headgasket though, had to many problems with this car now
got offered £700 last night for the car with no tax/MOT and with the headgasket gone & it's little cosmetic faults so I am having a little think now
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topshot_2k
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sell it and save for a minter
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Ben D
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
sell it and save for a minter
I am Tempted to sell it, just frustrating after all teh work & Money i put into it.
got quite a few options Sell it as is Put some money towards and buy something to get about on till my 21st Bday when i get a car from mummy  or Fix HGF Swap for golf Cabby so i have a nice car for summer or go buy an Aprilia RS125as it's alot cheapaer than these Bloody Cars breaking/Insurance/Running costs
Only problem with fixing it and swapping forthe golf is incase something else is wrong, shame really the Corsa Looks stunning put a for sale sign in it yesterday and for the 30 minutes i was home loads of people stopped and looked, sun was out so the flip paint looked gorgeous
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