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Was driving in front of my brother yesterday and he said he saw some crap come out exhausts and smelt a bit when I booted it on motorway in 5th gear (was dark). Didnt really think much of it, maybe where it might be running rich or summint.

 

Anyway, set off on a nice day out to take some photos of the car all polished up etc...

Noticed some crap on the back of the car when shutting garage door, didnt think anything of it (wish I did now)

Went on a motorway slip way and gave it some sh1t, seemed to go well and when I left off loadsa white smoke came out the back, Doh.

So just drove along at 70mph and nothing, all seemed ok, pressures/temps all ok.

Then put foot down in 5th and saw a tiny amount of smoke, doh.

Then I put my foot down in second (only a bit) and it really didnt seem to go that well compared to other times.

So came up to a round about and then it felt like it went onto 5 cylinders, pulled over asap and left it running on tick over which was fine.

Then white smoke everywhere, yikes!!!

Jumped out looked under car, oil pissing out everywhere, killed engine there and then.

Lifted bonnet, had coolant blowing out of the rad cap and oil all over passenger side and underneath, just about everywhere, doh doh doh.

 

AA man said not common for turbos to go?? I thought it was??? Still he said its dead, lol, like I dont know that. :xxx:

Only had 1/3 oil left, oops.

Been towed home now and its sat in the garage. When i went to put it away I noticed some loverly engine oil all over the ground, so it was fooked before I even set off. Wish Id seen that too.

Guess I gotta get it towed off to somewhere for a good looking over...

 

Unless you got other ideas whats going on???

 

Ztech is the closet too me, im in southampton.

 

 

Saw SouthwestZX (reg K300 GAV, sorry forgot your name)

If you did see my Zed, it was on the AA truck!!!! :cry:

 

 

FUBAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMFG!!! mate your engine was sweet as a nut ,sounded really nice!!

 

is it really dead or can it be fixed???

Really sorry to hear this mate. You've only just bought it haven't you? who sold you it?

Sounds like head gasget i think mate

dude that suck's, hate to hear any stories like that one though you have just prompted me to get mine checked over as i'm having a bit of white smoke coming from my zorst and a few perfomance issues. good luck with the re build if it does infact need one

Mate Called Andy Long. He saw me looking on here, so guess someone knows him.

I know it sounded well sweet.

Saying that, my boost gauge when I pulled over was to the left, so maybe they are ok????

 

Hope it is the head gasket, what sorts price and i looking at???

Pretty sure its fixable.

 

I just got ££££££££££££££££££££ going through my head lol.

Thinking about it now, im prob going with the head gasket.

Im sure the boost gauge was to the left when I pulled over, so seals should be ok on turbos.

And if the turbo had gone, why would coolant be pissing out the rad cap???

Ill check coolant level tomorrow and see if its down.

Prob why it went lumpy too, running on coolant, lol.

 

 

Glenn, yup only had it since end of Jan and prob only drove it about 5 or 6 times!!!!!!!

Want to be the 1st to congratulate you mate ! :bow:

 

You obviously have some pounds to shell out now, for the repair, but the tone of your posts seem to be on the positive side !! :)

 

Hope it is nothing to pricey and you get a quick result.

 

Sorry to hear about your bad luck.

 

Keep smiling mate, the car is worth it !!

 

Alan..............

are you sure it was pissing oil out and not just coolant? how long previous to the 'breakdown' did you check the oil level?

 

deffo sounds like its blown into the water channel of the head gasket tbh.. but oil pissing out everywhere???

 

maybe its blown into the oil and water channels and your oil has been gradually making its way into your coolant until the big bang where they all decided to make a communal exit!

 

if youve been driving it around for some time with the head gasket gone, the oil left in the system would tell the story... or the coolant pipes!

Gonna drain fluids to check if they've mixed.

 

Done an oil change a few weeks ago.