Aragorn
08-06-04, 10:39 AM
ok as a few of u will know ive finally got the 16v installed
fired it up yestarday to be greeted with a cloud of blue smoke and a metallic rattling sound coming from what seemed like engine internals
i drove it about 5 miles home and over that distance the blue smoke turned into grey under load, engine was misfiring like fuck, loads of flat spots and could barely get it to pull thru the revs in anything other than 1st
engine management light came on about half way home after i floored it outta a junction but i havent had a chance to look at yet to read fault codes
when i got home the water level had dropped quite a bit, so i filled it up and started it up again and revved it for a bit
within minutes the headertank was looking like a geyser, it would erupt with loads of air bubbles etc and then settle down for a little bit and then erupt again, each time the water level dropping substantially
if it was just the grey/white smoke i;d have assumed the head gasket was fucked, but coupled with the metallic rattle on startup and the blue smoke at startup and tickover im not too sure
any other ideas??
fired it up yestarday to be greeted with a cloud of blue smoke and a metallic rattling sound coming from what seemed like engine internals
i drove it about 5 miles home and over that distance the blue smoke turned into grey under load, engine was misfiring like fuck, loads of flat spots and could barely get it to pull thru the revs in anything other than 1st
engine management light came on about half way home after i floored it outta a junction but i havent had a chance to look at yet to read fault codes
when i got home the water level had dropped quite a bit, so i filled it up and started it up again and revved it for a bit
within minutes the headertank was looking like a geyser, it would erupt with loads of air bubbles etc and then settle down for a little bit and then erupt again, each time the water level dropping substantially
if it was just the grey/white smoke i;d have assumed the head gasket was fucked, but coupled with the metallic rattle on startup and the blue smoke at startup and tickover im not too sure
any other ideas??