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Loads of us that use the place, with 191 posts I wouldnt say you're a regular visitor. Tigger and Mikeyk18 are the ones you want to hassle about meets............ not that it'll do anything :rasp:
Lol thanks for the confidence guys :rasp: But yeah know what you mean, never seen anything like it myself!
Best to strip the head and see or try and get away with an oil change? Engine flush possible?
:S Strangest thing I have seen so far on the car. Unsure at this stage whether this is would be the cause of my engine to die or just a side effect of it happening.
Anyway the plug on cylinder 3 looks like this:
Engine just went OM NOM NOM to the end of it looks like.
When I whipped off the...
It definately wasnt the manifold making the noise, possibility the noise could have been coming from the engine itself.
Powerloss was similar to that of a lambda problem.
Driving with minimal acceleration was as normal, until the engine stopped dead. Its the way its trying to turn over thats...
Sounded metal on metal and the best way to describe it would be if the manifold came loose and was banging off the heatshield, but only when pressing the acc pedal. Coming off it at any revs and the noise went away.
Ok finally got it towed to the garage and the battery charged overnight from dying on the way home. Tried to start it up and it turned and started on which sounded like 1/2 a cylinder if that was even possible then died..... strange. Wouldn't start up again on a second try so left it.
I guess...