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1.8 16v . Pretty sure its not condensation. little puddle forms whilst idling only bout a teaspoon or so though .. sorry im aparanoid ... had gasket blow on me before

water in exhaust vapour... too late or any repair help? could be gasket who knows? no water in oil, no oil in water runs perfectly fine apart from that??? Any ideas / repairs / ways of diagnosis without rebuilding head? only thing ive noticed is that sometimes has issue starting needs little pump of gas??? if its not from actual engine itself do you think water could be sitting in exhaust from somewhere?? ideas? theories? anything anyone?

Anything would be better than my jvc unit and only the tweeters up front and one speaker working :cry: . damm wiring...... :mad: (have rear speakers that definetly work have tested them. They may become spare if after wiring is fixed if the ones in the car are ok so keep an eye out if your needing original 6 x 3's..... what a silly size :roll: .)

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glad to hear it jeeves. hope you get on well with your car chrishill, heres routing for yeah, ( my cars not started on me a FEW times and i know how your probably feeling right now , its a * ahem...).

cheers guys gonna try and minimise damage thanks for advise.

Any luck?

changed to bighairymuppet so as to obey the rules not too keen on it tho. may change it again.

how about bighairymuppet that pc enough? any votes which one bighairymuppet or hairyhippy

Have been requested by andy to change username to something less "crass" . any ideas guys, I am a hairy hippy after all.

I hav a corrado which i got cheap but previous owner didn't look afer paintwork. Laquer has flaked on roof near passenger side same on back of passenger mirror. Stonechip ahoy on front. arch needs done. Any ideas on tidying up /patching in peelingf laquer / arch as i don't money for full respray and want to avoid it getting worse. basically any way of mnimising damage done? will get respray eventually but worried for winter.

thanks henny , im still an amateur i thought that but didn't want to make mistake. Would never make a car thief these days :oops: lol :lol:

as for click you'd need to ahve someone else listen for it in the engine bay whilst someone trys to turn it over as it isn't very loud. STill think hotwiring it from engine bay would rule out starter.

steve can you mind whethyer its poositive or negative coz at least thatd give the guy a piece of mind whether its wiring or his starter. Im just unsure (tired too) and don't wnat to fuck someone elses car by telling them the wrong terminal.

oh fuck while i remebr make sure your out of gear and have handbrake on. don't wnat you getting runno ver by your own car.

check the connections on the starter motor as they seem to be notoriously bad. I had same problem was combination of two things dead cell in battery and bad connection on starter (hence wouldn't even jump start.) Battery now replaced thanks to HALFORDS warranty :-) connection replaced starts fine. As was said could be jammed start but rocking car back and forth with brake off and giving small bump, not too hard (with hand or end of wooden hammer) usually clears this unless its completely buggered and needs the cogs rebuilt. get someone to listen and se if they hear the solenoid click in the starter as well as this may help diagnose it. also do you have immobiliser? with the age of these cars a lot of them are duff. you could try jump starting it from the engine bay this would rule out your starter being duff and tell you it might be the ignition switch or a immobiliser. this is done by connecting a lead to the terminal on the starter and one to the battery and touching the wires together briefly (should hear it turn over). **** one word of warning don't do this too long and only use it to check it.**** its the terminal futherst into the engine bay, check with one of the other guys first whether its positive or negative i trhink its positiv but im unsure as i did it gaes ago. Pleas check i don not want to be to blame for an accident.

sorry about lack of spaces keyboard has died

what air filter do you guys use and why? been offered ramairflatpanel replacemnet for my 1.8 16v for tenner but dunnowhat there like. So what you guysgot an why also what they like? an any1 ever used ramair one? >>>anyway off to bed i go

in my experience ive never had the rac come any earlier than 1 an half hours.still its not me who pays for it and they are normally quite good at their job. they keep tow appointments though they are on the ball with that.