172 sport
Can this be fixed laine or is the only option new engine? Cheers for all the help on here guys.
It does sound exactly the Same mate what was your problem in the end and possible costs if u don't mind me asking been doing my nut over this all weekend.
Hey mate, Im in the same boat as you, my engine is tapping away and sounds like its about to go bang, took it too Fred at the weekend and confirmed the engine has had it, so I'll be replacing the engine. I see it as I like my car too much to sell it for peanuts and spending the money on it isn't that bad if you plan on keeping the car like I do. Just got to wait for a 182 engine at a decent price to come up and then I'll be sending it Fred's way to fit it and do the clutch and cambelt too.
If i was you mate i'd purchase one of these as it's nothing and may give people on here a better indication of whats wrong/where the sound is coming from. I will help as much as i can.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mechanics...iagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item4602b2c880
Its clearly a big end...
you cant say that mate, not without stripping it down, look at mine, he had the exact same noise and my big ends were fine.
Ok, but without sounding rude, what help is wasting money on an engine stethescope going to be? He's still going to have to rip the engine apart regardless or what the fault is.
heres a good test for you, i think anyways, try removing each ht lead in time and see if the noise stops..... while the engine is running, but please make note of which which they go back on to.....