Recent content by tom w

Had a offer from another member on here but seems as though it might fall through. I was looking for around £1500 because it has 10 months mot or 600 miles ago, 2 pirelli p zero nero tyres again 1000 ago and a massive full service history and only 56k on the clock. The car is 99% perfect and...

Cant be bothered if i am honest, heard some nasty storys about how big a job it is and i have just lost that thing where you dont mind working on them as it has just broken and been left, just cant be bothered on it

Hello Sorry i haven't updated this i sort of lost the thread and with having to find a new car forgot to update. I am unsure who did the cambelt as there is a stamp in my service book with a combelt stick showing it was done but no garage. I havent checked to see if the cambelt has snapped as...

Yeah the car is pretty dam mint, it has extensive service history, serviced every 5k, 11 months mot etc. I may take you up on that offer andy, what sort of hours are involved in changing the engine? Where you based andy? What are the chances it will need a complete engine or just a top end? Tom

Was driving to work today, and complete loss of power at around 6k rpm ( was getting up speed on dual carridge way). It looks like my cambelt has gone, i have looked in the oil cap and there are bits of metal in the head. Has anyone got any experience with cam belt snaps on these engines...

I am trying to do a compression test on my 2002 172 To do this i have got the inlet mani off but i need to stop the petrol first before i can do it. I have searched and it seems there is no cut off switch like older cars. How can i stop fuel going into the cylinders? Many thanks tom

i would still have to take the inlet mani off tho wouldnt i for that?

I know it seems to be to fast for it to be a lead. The leads seem ok but it just seems a pain to take the manifold off to check the leads. But then a coil pack will cost a few quid to replace at the smae time

They arent the same numbers, Was just hoping it could be a tempory fix, just dont wnat to risk making more damage. Or has anyone got a spare one that i cna just try or even buy in the surrey,hampshire area?

Hope someone can help me Today my car has developed a bad misfire, i have had the rac out and we belive it is a coil pack as it, just went very quickly. The engine mangement light is on and on diagnosics no fault codes came up. It seems to sudden to be plugs or anythinglike that. my...

I did think they had taken it off on purpose, ow well, i was selling it at end of feb so no point me trying to fault find it. You will be suprised the car still pulls very well, i had a gti6 before and this feels just as fast

It was a garage, it was done before i bought it. Yeah its like a metaly noise, very fast rattle, un plug it and it sounds fine. the car is still very powerful and revs fine, could it just be solanoid just broken?

Had a belt done about 10k ago If its not plugged in does that mean the vvt does not work? could someone have left it unplugged as when a cambelt was done the vvt was damaged. would this make the car slower not having it in

should it be unplugged? It honestly sounds like there is a bag of nails in the top end when plugged in why would it be unplugged