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Anglowelsh
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Tom,
I appologise for my earlier comments I was out of order...
I realise that you were trying to help save me time and money, I was just frustrated with this problem...and trying to describe it without someone actually hearing it is very difficult..
It isn't just a case of a worn engine, if it was that I would accept it, but the car is seriouly under powered and the rattle is limited to one cylinder only..
So rather than waste time and money stripping down the engine, I would sooner put a complete lump in it..I have located several engines c/w with manifolds etc for around £400 with mileage of between 26k-50k..
As I previously mentioned the car only cost £800 and has been well maintained, despite this engine problem,it has only had two owners with the first one owning it for most of its life, and the service history goes up to 72K..
I also run a 2000 (W) 1.6 Trofeo Brava, and as you can imagine have been comparing the two performance and engine wise...I am aware that the 1.8 is a harsher run engine but this engine is not the norm..
With regards try before you buy..It was an ebay auction buy, and when I went to collect it the clutch was slipping big time...so the seller agreed to fit a new clutch and deliver it down to me...and since this rattle is mainly when the engine is under load I never picked up on it until the car was delivered with a new clutch, which incidently cost her over £250...so all in all I don't think I've done that bad on the deal even if it is gonna cost me £400-£500 on top, after all these cars are still fetching around £1500 + in nice condition..
So let me finish by once again appologise for my attitude, and assure you that it won't happen again, and hope that this won't deter you from trying to help me in the future..
Cheers Anglowelsh
I appologise for my earlier comments I was out of order...
I realise that you were trying to help save me time and money, I was just frustrated with this problem...and trying to describe it without someone actually hearing it is very difficult..
It isn't just a case of a worn engine, if it was that I would accept it, but the car is seriouly under powered and the rattle is limited to one cylinder only..
So rather than waste time and money stripping down the engine, I would sooner put a complete lump in it..I have located several engines c/w with manifolds etc for around £400 with mileage of between 26k-50k..
As I previously mentioned the car only cost £800 and has been well maintained, despite this engine problem,it has only had two owners with the first one owning it for most of its life, and the service history goes up to 72K..
I also run a 2000 (W) 1.6 Trofeo Brava, and as you can imagine have been comparing the two performance and engine wise...I am aware that the 1.8 is a harsher run engine but this engine is not the norm..
With regards try before you buy..It was an ebay auction buy, and when I went to collect it the clutch was slipping big time...so the seller agreed to fit a new clutch and deliver it down to me...and since this rattle is mainly when the engine is under load I never picked up on it until the car was delivered with a new clutch, which incidently cost her over £250...so all in all I don't think I've done that bad on the deal even if it is gonna cost me £400-£500 on top, after all these cars are still fetching around £1500 + in nice condition..
So let me finish by once again appologise for my attitude, and assure you that it won't happen again, and hope that this won't deter you from trying to help me in the future..
Cheers Anglowelsh
