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U12 Bluebird, Pintara & Stanza => maintenance issues => Topic started by: 1990_Corsair on Aug 29, 2008, 07:44PM

Title: Was it worth it?
Post by: 1990_Corsair on Aug 29, 2008, 07:44PM

ok, i bought a relativly good condition corsair 3 days ago. its the 2.0 with the auto (auto is for the misses sake ) i knew it was overheating when i got it and was told it was probibly a heater hose or something small like that. It Isnt after having put water in it its pissing water out of what appears to be the head gasket (hoping its not a crack in the head) however thats not my main concern.
when i went to see the car the guy lent in the window and started the car yet everytime i try and do this it just coughs splutters and really does not want to idle, i noticed when he started it the overdrive was on and as yet i havnt tried starting it with the overdrive on (pure lzzyness) is this common that corsair/pintara's have trouble starting without overdrive, is it worth me fixing the head gasket and servicing the car ( to make it idle better ) or should i just p*ss it off and start again?

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: Jason on Aug 30, 2008, 12:20AM

Piss it off and start again.

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: bones on Aug 30, 2008, 04:12PM

Quote from: Jason on Aug 30, 2008, 12:20AM

Piss it off and start again.

ditto

what state are you in mate?

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: BILL*69 on Aug 30, 2008, 05:59PM

overdrive has nothing to do with starting the car. as discussed in another thread, overdrive is just the 4th gear of an auto, used for cruising, with a ratio of less than 1:1.

having it on/off just changes the RPM your cruising at, because your obviously at a higher RPM cruising in 3rd gear rather than 4th.

So, Piss it off and start again. (keeping in consideration its rooted, its auto, its ca20  ::))

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: 1990_Corsair on Aug 31, 2008, 01:19PM

im in w.a ummmm i spent nearly $500 bucks on top the line spark plugs leads etc etc and it started perfectly, untill this morning when i put water in the radiator, wont start, all 8 plugs are f*cked,

For sale sighn went on it this morning

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: Jono on Sep 4, 2008, 12:17AM

Do a compression test to see if your head/head gasket are fucked.

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: cruizer on Sep 4, 2008, 01:11AM

Just look at your radiator fluid and check if blobs of oil are floating around....

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: Jono on Sep 4, 2008, 10:09PM

Blobs of oil may not show up even if your head gasket is stuffed.

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: cruizer on Sep 4, 2008, 10:16PM

Fair enough, don't listen to me  ::)

Title: Re: Was it worth it?
Post by: Kranzy on Sep 4, 2008, 10:19PM

Quote from: cruizer on Sep  4, 2008, 10:16PM

Fair enough, don't listen to me  ::)

No one does  :D