Just spoke to my mechanic & mentioned about filling water up like every 2 week, so he's guna have alook at the piping at the front that's got abit of that White crusty bit which is water onit, which could be the head gasket but we shall see....
1st drive today for 8 week! :D // but wasn't all plain sailing :s
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got new distributor... fitted & yup you guessed it... still no success!! :'( so now where back to square one scratching our heads.... absolutely no idea what the cause or the problem is at all... had no car now for over 2 weeks 
its killing me!
this maybe the end of another mk2 but god hope not!!
its killing me!this maybe the end of another mk2
but god hope not!!
UPDATE!!!! had everything possible off the engine cleaned all the parts put um back on and the cars running (which is a positive) but... its running like a bag of shite! and has got a massive back fire
so now gotta get that sorted... anyone know how to solve the problem of it running like a bag of spuds?
so now gotta get that sorted... anyone know how to solve the problem of it running like a bag of spuds?
well been garage today... and yup the car wont start again :/ mechanics gonna battle with it again tomoz but also looking at same engine conversion now so if anyone knows of anyone selling a 2.0 8v engine on the cheap let me know please... keeping all options open now to be honest.
i aint a mechanic mate so im clueless lol cant comment on that & yeah hes good mate, used him few times now
really good & always gets lots of business (well recommended aswell)he had alook at the ignition timing today aswel & said its solid not moving freely :/ but also said thats not the problem... hes so sure its something to do with the distributor, ht leads, spark plugs, dizzy cap etc... its just finding out the exact problem
yup had brand new dizzy cap on and done naff all! but he tried to get the distributer itself off and its just stuck solid... :/
the problem just cant be found though :/ so just replacing the engine would be cheaper.
You've kinda answered a good possible, I would get the dizzy off and try another one. Not the cap, that would just cause either bad starting or a bit rough running. I mean get the thing out, why can't he get it off? Even the most crappiest, hard to reach, awkward parts on cars still come off.
my mechanic's sure of it being the distributer aswel mate, it just wont come off!! tried all day today to get it off but it wont come off :/
Tell him to get violent, you might like him but seriously, how can it take all day? I don't know what he's doing but even if it's stuck it should be off in an hour. Bolts out, penetrating fluid, fag break, big grips, stillsons etc, give it a little twist to break the corrossion and pull the fecker off.
lol yeah think i will tell him get violent onit haha... & cause bare in mind he has got other jobs around the garage to do aswel so he's been back and forth to it...
deffinitely sounds electrical not mechanical... trust us
theres obvious things to check like...
check the fuel pump has a solid 12v and a solid earth, if it runs measure these before and after when it wont start...
swap the fuel pump relay theyre only a couple of quid
check the coils working by arcing it to the head, not ideal but it WILL tell you if the coils working properly. or if the main lead is raj'd
check crank signal... download 'autodata' and itll tell you how to manually check all the electrical system
theres obvious things to check like...
check the fuel pump has a solid 12v and a solid earth, if it runs measure these before and after when it wont start...
swap the fuel pump relay theyre only a couple of quid
check the coils working by arcing it to the head, not ideal but it WILL tell you if the coils working properly. or if the main lead is raj'd
check crank signal... download 'autodata' and itll tell you how to manually check all the electrical system
deffinitely sounds electrical not mechanical... trust us
theres obvious things to check like...
check the fuel pump has a solid 12v and a solid earth, if it runs measure these before and after when it wont start...
swap the fuel pump relay theyre only a couple of quid
check the coils working by arcing it to the head, not ideal but it WILL tell you if the coils working properly. or if the main lead is raj'd
check crank signal... download 'autodata' and itll tell you how to manually check all the electrical system
it wont start at all mate just keeps turning over then goes so far the battery starts to lose power...
ill buy a new pump relay aswell n try that,
the coil pack is working because if you take middle lead out the dizzy cap and put it towards the engine block it sends a good spark against the side of the block.
its had a new crank shaft sensor (well 2 new ones just incase)
Many moons ago when i had my 1.4 ibiza my car was exacly the same would run fine then conk out but unlike yours would restart later on sometimes it could take upto a hour before it run again.
I eventually got fed up and called a auto electrician out and he narrowed it down to guess what the distributor.
Hope you get it sorted soon
I eventually got fed up and called a auto electrician out and he narrowed it down to guess what the distributor.
Hope you get it sorted soon
i picked up a second hand dizzy for about 30 quid, you could also try a fuel pressure gauge, just fits inline with your fuel pipe to the fuel rail and theyre about a fiver on ebay at least then youll know if youve got fuel pressure at all times... if it just refuses to start full stop im tempted to say its spark related tbh, but worth eliminating for a fiver... if the coil is sparking when cranking it isnt the crank sensor... and is more likely the dizzy... crank sensor would stop it from sparking all together
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