Marlee

Hi all I have good news on the car 😁

Pressure test has passed on the head so it's beginning to be rebuilt. I need to source a inlet manifold as the old one has warped, so does anybody know a rough price for this? never looked at buying one before.

I was on the motorway when the engine light come on so I couldn't pull over.

I noticed the thermostat rise slightly then drop to 0, probably drove another 7-8 mins until the service station, in 6th doing 50-55 mph. 

It will live again, see how the pressure test does tomorrow and go from there.

16 hours ago, Verbout said:

30 minutes ago, Verbout said:

"It's being towed to a local garage" implies its on its way. (present) Thats how I read it. :)

"It's going to be towed to a local garage" (future) is obviously what you meant? Sorry.

If its being towed to a garage then it's not there yet. hence asking before it got to the garage. 

If I'd said its been towed, I would have understood your confusion.

13 hours ago, Verbout said:

Why would you want anyone to guess the extent of the damage when you have it at a garage where the mechanic can do better than guess?

I posted that while I was waiting for the car to be towed to the garage. it does say that in the post

Hi all,

The car was started today with the new radiator in. it's misfiring and the pipes went rock solid within minutes, so the head gaskets racked!

Doing a pressure test on Monday, to find out the extent. hopefully the block won't be warped. I've heard they're pretty solid but we'll find out, fingers crossed though.

55 minutes ago, Bluesman said:

 

We always love to see pictures of your cars so don't be shy

I'll get one up as soon as it's set free from the garage. the only one I have now is it on the tow truck so I don't wanna share that one, Ha.

Wow you guys are fast at replying here.

No I got it privately. to be fair to the person I bought it from sounded shocked when I called him and he said he would help towards the repair costs (something most people wouldn't think of doing). 

It's in the garage now and I'm waiting for a new radiator to be delivered tomorrow morning, so the mechanic can let it safely idle to see how it's running.

I'll keep up to date with the progress.

Thanks for the welcome

Lee

Hello,

This is my first time at loc. I brought a is200 2000 with 89k millage on Wednesday. On Thursday the car cut out on the motorway(luckily I rolled into a service station) the engine warning and the traction control off lights where on before it cut out. when I pulled up I noticed a small amount of white smoke coming from the engine, upon inspecting the radiator was empty. I topped it up an started the car but it's now misfiring, also found the water was leaking out the radiator.

It's being towed to a local garage today who are doing a pressure test tomorrow.

Just wondering if anyone else has had similar issues or if any mechanics want to guess the extent of the damage. as you can tell I'm anxious I'm going to have a spend a lot of money on a car I just bought.

Thanks