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From: Noddy on 27 Jun 2010 06:27 "|-|ercules" <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:88np6iFvrU1(a)mid.individual.net... > What would you do, sell it while it still runs and 1 months rego left, or > get a service? Get a service. That'll fix it no problems. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 27 Jun 2010 06:31 "John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message news:rivd26hqckbl5lcr3lv1d75kvcncc93443(a)4ax.com... > How many engines have you pulled down that had serious score marks on > the pistons from an earlier seizure, and were still running? Lots. They might not have been running terribly well, but they were still running. > I've even seen a few where the rings were stuck in their grooves > because the lands were scored over, but were still running when they > got to me. It must have had a threaded oil filler cap. A "push in" one would have been stuck to the underside of the bonnet :) > Besides which, a lot of diesels are wired so the fuel cuts off as soon > as oil pressure is lost (2H Toyotas had a habit of cutting out when > the going got really rough and steep, even when the oil was above the > add mark). Some cars as well. Fiats if I remember correctly have an oil pressure cut out wired into the ignition system. Jaguars most definitely should have one :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: |-|ercules on 27 Jun 2010 07:13 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote > > Stuck to aus.tv pal. You belong there with all the other idiots :) > uhuh. Yes I will, or I was.. Herc
From: |-|ercules on 27 Jun 2010 07:15 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote > > "|-|ercules" <radgray123(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:88np6iFvrU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> What would you do, sell it while it still runs and 1 months rego left, or >> get a service? > > Get a service. That'll fix it no problems. Actually when I was walking up the street to look for a tap, the third house was a computer shop with a big sign JUST LIKE CARS COMPUTERS NEED A SERVICE ITS A SIGN ITS A SIGN! Herc
From: Clocky on 27 Jun 2010 08:18
John_H wrote: > Clocky wrote: >> George W Frost wrote: >>> >>> Have you thought of checking your oil level?? >>> low oil can cause the engine to stall, then start again after >>> cooling down >> >> Not bloody likely. Seized engines generally stay seized. > > In fact they almost never stay seized unless there's water in the > cylinders! :) > Maybe not literally seized, but you would know you have a serious engine problem if you run it out of oil to the point where it seizes and it recovers to run again. I don't think you would have to be asking what the problem was if you did that to an engine. > How many engines have you pulled down that had serious score marks on > the pistons from an earlier seizure, and were still running? > Yeah yeah, but for those that do it's pretty obvious that there is some serious issue both before and after seizure. > I've even seen a few where the rings were stuck in their grooves > because the lands were scored over, but were still running when they > got to me. > Seen that too. > Besides which, a lot of diesels are wired so the fuel cuts off as soon > as oil pressure is lost (2H Toyotas had a habit of cutting out when > the going got really rough and steep, even when the oil was above the > add mark). |