engine help

[Abbot]

allow its broken and has 1 rear brake drove my car down the hill earlier

clutch felt very heavy
gearbox feels heavy
wont accelerate quicky
2nd gear at 20mph foot to floor and nothin happens

when stinng stills
car idles just under 500rpm
struggles with revs
when it gets to 5000 feels like its gonna explode

any ideas


p.s may also add car has been sitting for a while only ever been turned on or off
and has been very cold last week or so

can anyone tell if the cap should look like this

http://yfrog.com/03p0201101455j
http://yfrog.com/j9p020110145501j

pic of idle

http://yfrog.com/03p0201101457j

 

[minisuper666]

if that's a white-is residue then your coolant is mixing with your oil. Has the car been drinking coolant lately?

 

[James.f]

On occasions you could put that down to condensation, but looks worse so im guessing your headgasket has gone, Is your water level going down alot?

 

[Abbot]

car hasnt been used for 17 days havnt noticed any drops

 

[James.f]

Your oil is higher than usual, have you tried a oil change? so you get all the crap out and see if anthing changes with fresher oil in. Cold wether can cause condensation alot,

 

[Abbot]

suppose ill just have to take it back to renault

 

[Abbot]

would the headgasket cause any the other parts of the car such as the gearbox etc to be heavy

 

[minisuper666]

would the headgasket cause any the other parts of the car such as the gearbox etc to be heavy

I would guess that it depends on how bad the oil has been mixing up with the coolant, but I'd change the oil asap!

The gearbox feeling heavy is probably the engine feeling heavy through the trasmission. Unless you can feel the transmission heavy when the clutch is disengaged (meaning foot down on the clutch pedal).

 

[Alastair.]

i dault it will be headgasket tbh, mayo type residue will be found on all 1.2 caps, theres no getting away from it.