I’m trying not to feel too despondent right now.
Car felt a bit down on power, seemed to be smoking quite a bit, so booked it in for a compression test.
Ran the car out on Saturday to a Cafe and the smoke did seem to clear up so that was a positive.
Then it went in to the garage and 5 cylinders seemed fine at 145-152, but one cylinder was down 20%. It’s at about 120.
Spoke to Jimmer and he said it definitely is in trouble, the smoke suggesting piston rings and so therefore the engine needs replacing or a rebuild. Both expensive.
So I’ve got a bit of a decision to make, not immediately (hopefully) but wondered what people thought.
Sell it now - I’ll be totally honest about it, wouldn’t want to stitch anyone up. If so, what would it be worth? Difficult to guess I know.
New engine - cheaper but would be a shame to lose the original engine. Am I just being sentimental and I shouldn’t worry about that?
Rebuild - the most expensive option. But would be a nicely built, basically all new engine that should last for a long time and would hopefully retain some value being the original with the car.
I might be clutching at straws but could it potentially be something less expensive? (Valves or something)
Photo of it with my dads 968 on Saturday
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RobHowl ·
The white one on Shirley high street at about 5.30 Friday heading towards town...
(i nearly cried... was so jealous - was in my lil banger - yes im still waiting for the docs from DVLA :headvswal )
But yeah anyway - Sweeeeeeet car! x
Then today (Saturday) the redish one heading towards town from St Mary's direction... flaming heck, that was well nice!
(p.s... dont ask me road names - I'm useless ... did i mention 'm not originally from the UK :D )
x....gotta love the z....x