car probs

[lisa]

Hi can anyone give us an idea on whats wrong her.When we first brought her she has allways smoked badley when first starts but soon clears it also drives well then now again she will start chokeing and then sometimes completly die.we replaced plugs and anther bits and she has been going great until the last couple of days and its started doing it again any ideas.thanks lisa

[Stephen]

how many miles has the engine done

[MiniHaven]

depending on the milage the engine has done it could be a couple of things 1) not milage dependant but have you over filled it with oil ? this problem is not unusual loads of people have done it .
2) valve guide oil seals and or psiton rings .wear and tear but repairable .

[lisa]

dont no true milage but going back on old mots got to be over a hundred.

[Stephen]

an a series engine over 100k is definately in need of a rebuild

[Miniböttcher]

leaky valves , smokes at the start then clears, it burning oil

dean

[lisa]

Thanks for all the help going to have a good look at the parts you have suggested at weekend.Lisa

[Simon1275mpi]

Many a series engines go well past 100thou with now problem. Yes a rebuild of low mileage engine off ebay will give you a smoother running engine with maybe almost twice the power you currently have.

Before you start doing all that! Get together with Minihaven or drop intio Gerald Dale Motor Sport in Ninfiled. It may just need a cylinder head refurb or a little TLC to get you a resonoble running.

To cheapest option with the best reliablilty would be a 100pound ebay metro engine with less than 40thou on it. This would be my option unless you could afford 500 to one billon dollars for a engine rebuild by Gerald Dale

A lot of cost saving can be done with a haynes manual, dirty hands and a forum ;D

[Stephen]

adopt a family member who knows how to rebuild engines

[billyboy]

hi lisa,my metro 1275 engine was doing the first thing in the morning smoking,then cleared after a couple of mines running, i to came to the conclusion that the valve guide rubbers were worn,they get hard over time due to the heat of the engin,by the way it smoked qwite bad first thing,it was getting embarrising esp if you were at a show,BUT IT WAS QUEREABLE,GERELD DALE HAS A SPECIAL TOOL IN HIS WORKSHOP,done it without taking the head of.it costed about 30 quid, he will recommend you fit them also on the exzaust valves as well,as for your other intermittent missing and running of now and then,if you have points these need regular checking and regaping to 14-16 thou ,the best feeler gauge on the market is the old piece of cornflake packet,its the right thickness,i dont have this problem anymore since converting to electronic ignition,get one of a old metro,but you must take the coil as well as it runs continuousely at 12v,and run a live perminent feed directly from fusebox that gets switched of when you turn off the ignition,you could also check your dashpot oil level and make sure the oil is not to thin as this will make the plunger open to quickly and tend to flud the engin depending on if you are booting it,it will show up then,but if you are poodling about it will not be so noticable,hope this helps,have a word with me when you see me next,its good to see a young lady prepaired to get hewr hands dirty.bill

[monkeyjim]

someone ring the bell ;D

[Stephen]

billyboy said:

its good to see a young lady prepaired to get hewr hands dirty.bill

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[lisa]

lol thats my hubbys job ,but i do hand him the tools.We r going to put a complete new head on engine as soon as we can.lisa