Piece of sh!t nova!

[NovaLad]

Passed M.O.T this morning and now it's ****ed and won't start at all!
Tried bump starting & tried jump starting and still nothing!
I give up!
Just had to be towed home!
:wall::wall::wall::wall:

[CoolTiger]

fancy selling it ?

[vaughanmc]

lol Your meant to be considerate

[L33 LEG]

probably just a battery or a loose wire. id hardly sell up because of that lol

[NovaLad]

You don't understand...
I know people have problems with novas but it's 1 after the other with mine!
Takes the piss!!!
AND YES I DO WANNA SELL THE PIECE OF **** if i had enough money to buy a decent car!
1 and a half years of hell!

[Jack]

Welcome to Nova ownership :p

Calm down dear. Does it turn over?

[NovaLad]

Yeah it sorta tried to start but just didn't seem to be any revs if that makes sence lol
And it tried dieing on me today after the M.O.T

[Jack]

Checked the earths etc with a multimeter? Plugs, lead, distributor etc ok?

[NovaLad]

Think i'll change this distributor to the 1 riggy has for me and go from there.

[Spudly]

& to fit a new fan switch at the same time and hopefully that will solve my overheating.

To say my head gasket has gone i'm over joyed :)


Umm, youre wondering why it wont start/run but you know the headgasket has gone, id say theres your problem there then especially as its been overheating, its probably sludged up too much to run now so get it fixed ya big mincer lol

[Jack]

Hang on, in your other thread you said the head gasket had gone? That could cause problems. lol

[Spudly]

Hang on, in your other thread you said the head gasket had gone? That could cause problems. lol



Too slow jack:p

lol

[NovaLad]

Yeah... but how is it i've been driving around with it over heating for a veryyy verrryy long time then suddenly the day of M.O.T i come out and it's ****ed lol
Doesn't make sence.

[Spudly]

Well thats why as its clearly got to the point where its too sludged up inside to run anymore you plum theres your problem if its been gone/overheating for a very long time:roll:

[MK999]

Well thats why as its clearly got to the point where its too sludged up inside to run anymore you plum theres your problem if its been gone/overheating for a very long time:roll:

Overheating and mixing fluids is bad for engines? :confused: Who knew! lol

[Jack]

Too slow jack:p

lol
Page 1 mofo :p

You drove it around with it overheating? Did that not indicate something was wrong? Probably find the gasket went ages ago, hence the overheating, but as said its only now just gunked up enough for it to start being a problem.

Tis only a 1.2, head gasket can be done quite easily for little cost though :)

[Andy_L]

He could not hear it overheaing for the bass.

Yo!

[craig green]

..... No sympathy. It's clearly the fu**ing car's fault! LOL

[brainsnova]

m.o.t possibly done emission test and high revs cooks it when it overheats.

[Southie]

Didn't the headgasket change itself...

[John]

Well thats why as its clearly got to the point where its too sludged up inside to run anymore you plum theres your problem if its been gone/overheating for a very long time:roll:

Head gasket failure doesn't neccesarily mean it's emulsified. I've only ever seen one emulsify on a gsi. No.4 tends to let water into the the combustion cycle, and is then burnt (steam) or just pushed out (water dripping out of exhaust etc)

(you plum spud :p lol )

Hopefully novalad, it's got that hot, the pistons have seized in the bores. Time for an xe!

[Adam]

In 3 years of nova ownership ive only ever been towed home once and that was when the car was smashed!! lol

Ive never broken down and been left stranded.

Get a nice 1.6 8v in there instead of old unreliable carb motor!!! :p

[dj_wudgey]

thats all part off owning a nova mate be something simple!!

[Andy]

Even if its a new engine its not exactly hard now is it lol i think a Haynes spanner rating on swapping a 1200 is 2 spanners? lol

[MK999]

Even if its a new engine its not exactly hard now is it lol i think a Haynes spanner rating on swapping a 1200 is 2 spanners? lol

and 13mm is more than likely one of them lol

[AlexW]

lol You dont know unreliable untill you own my nova.

[Andy]

I disagree with unreliability comments,its lack of maintenance which fukks them

[brainsnova]

all my novas never let me down. maintenance is the key.

[Spudly]

I disagree with unreliability comments,its lack of maintenance which fukks them



Exactly, rep would be coming your way if i could.

The old (rotten) SR i stripped had full vaux history and when we part stripped the engine it showed as all the bolts came undone perfectly and the waterpump had a good seal yet still fell out when we undid the three bolts:thumb:



Look after your novas and they will look after you!

[General Baxter]

iv only been towed home once, that was when the follower desided to explode,

i even drove it home with a broken mount when it jumped out the engine bay lol,

the TD dont count lol

[NovaLad]

Anyways.... thanks for the replies.
Cleaned stuff up like wires/plugs etc... and it's running now so tomorrow i will take advantage of this and watch riggy put the distributor in lol top guy i swear!

[AlexW]

Mines just unreliable due to the previours owner and it being the usual engine conversion, my old SR had about 100k on the clocks and 30k of that was on twin 40s, was a perfect runner and didnt have a problem, just a shame that the shell was rotten.

[NovaLad]

On the note of being towed it's happend about 4 times to me now. in a year and half. :(

[General Baxter]

stop being a girl, head gasket and cambelt change, £50tops then 2 hours of your time :)

'chav that dont know how to change gear' does it live at 6000rpm by any chance ? lol

[NovaLad]

stop being a girl, head gasket and cambelt change, £50tops then 2 hours of your time :)

'chav that dont know how to change gear' does it live at 6000rpm by any chance ? lol
On a good day LOL!

[NovaLad]

Cheers riggy for today!
Put me in another distributor and the battery doesnt die and actually holds charge :thumb::thumb:
Going to bang the new starter motor i have had for ages in tomorrow (riggy is) lol. because it's sticking or something.
woop... then a switch for the rad or something lol

[Riggy]

lol tom you big girl x

[greg1.4]

it holds its charge now that the distributor has been changed?????????

i am confused.. lol

[NovaLad]

lol tom you big girl x
LOL wtf.
x
You want a pint for that tomorrow or not? lol

[Riggy]

ill have a coke lol

[NovaLad]

You want a coke bringing or want to go somewhere for 1?
Mandate? lol

[Lee]

A year and a half of nova ownership and you can't change a distributer? No wonder its trying to kill itself. Do it a favour and let it die with at least an ounce of dignity :)

You are a discrace to men everywhere, buy a crochet book, and go knit yourself some new knickers lol

[Mike]

Piece of sh!t nova!

OMG youve only just realised that they are toss lol lol lol