Seased Piston

[glen_neilson]

was driving the other day and the car suddenly lost power. theres no conpresion in piston number 1,the spark plug was covered in carbon,and the cars been burning oil,so im asuming the carbon build up has jammed somthing.tried valve cleanser and its not budged. so obv know the valve stem oil seals are prob knackered to start with and prob the piston rings. as some of u may know ive had a load of trouble in the past with engines and im now fed up,is it worth the hastle or shud i break the car for spares?

all comments welcome guys

[Calisto]

:(

Keep hold of the steering wheel and boss and I will be in touch asap... thanks hun.

[T600]

Not likely to be a siezed piston if the engine's turning at all.

Given that it was a sudden loss of power, and you have no compression whatsoever, then it's most likely going to be a holed piston or a bent valve. Probably the former I'd say, but a leakdown test would clear that up.

All you can do is find out what it'll cost to repair, and compare that against what you think the car is worth to you if it were repaired. It's getting harder to justify spending the money on Gen 5s because they can be bought so cheaply. But if you like the car then perhaps its worth doing, especially if you're confident that the rest of it is in good condition.

Good luck.

[Dan_Q]

ash- you gannet!

glen- sorry to hear that mate :( if your the bloke I'm thinking of (dont get on here much) is this your third engine??

[Calisto]

Lol Dan it was KITT'S to begin with!!!!!!!!! AND I WANT IT BACK :D for Kiya to have.

Keep it in the family ish lol.

[glen_neilson]

we did a conpression test and there was none at all,other 3 seemed fine tho. the car still starts and drives,sounds a bit like a subaru now tho

[Dan_Q]

fair do's ash :)

[glen_neilson]

Small update for you guys,not been on in a while. ended up the fault was a cracked valve,so we decided we would replace as much as we could while the head was off the engine,hasnt been the best weather for working out in the shed but the work is nearly complete :D

such a small thing and such a large repair bill

the joys of owning a celica :P

[glen_neilson]

Lol Dan it was KITT'S to begin with!!!!!!!!! AND I WANT IT BACK :D for Kiya to have.

Keep it in the family ish lol.

im gna be keeping the car a while longer but if anyone gets the steering wheel it will be u :D