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Knackered Engine?


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Afternoon all,

My ‘94 NA auto has been sat in storage since last summer and about a month a go I fired it up but it seemed like the ICV was dirty so took it off and cleaned it up and replaced it. When I started it up this morning it fired up ok but will now only sit at 600rpm straight from start up. I took it out for a run of about 8-10 miles. It seemed to struggle changing gear and when I got back I just turned it off and gave the outside a polish.

I thought I’d go for another run with it before I put it away but now it’s chucking out some seriously stinky smoke out of the exhaust. It started off white but has turned black now and really doesn’t want to go at all once it’s in gear.

Have I killed it?

 

 

 

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Hmm. Are you still running catalytic converters?

 

Yes the cats are in place infact now you mention it that’s the smell .. do you think they’ve could have collapsed inside hence the lack of drive/power(yes I know NA’s lack any power to notice anyway lol) ??

 

 

 

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Yes the cats are in place infact now you mention it that’s the smell .. do you think they’ve could have collapsed inside hence the lack of drive/power(yes I know NA’s lack any power to notice anyway lol) ??

 

 

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Yeah I would investigate that first. There aren't many other situations where you get a putrid smell, but cats collapsing could do that. Cat collapse could explain your other issues too.

 

If you need a ramp to use to get exhaust off then give me a shout

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  • 2 weeks later...
I’ll clamber underneath on a jack and tap with a hammer to see .. you’re an absolute diamond thanks mate [emoji1303]

 

 

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I’ve not been able to get under till today and the cats do seem to be ok.

I cleaned the exhaust out before firing it up and now it’s sooted up pretty quickly getting up to temperatureimageimage

Seriously I’m a complete amateur when it comes to mechanics so please understand if these are dumb ass questions haha

 

 

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Update:

 

I finally got to take my car to garage and they done a compression test on the engine and the following was found

Cylinder 1 = 100%

Cylinder 2 = 60%

Cylinder 3= 60%

Cylinder 4 =70%

Cylinder 5 = 60%

Cylinder 6 = Didn’t check gave up [emoji23]

 

They said the piston rings have perished at the bottom due to it not being used enough (20 Miles in 2 years)

The options they gave me were

Strip the engine and rebuild to stock NA £3500

Strip the engine and prep it ready for a future NA-T £5000

The labour rate was £60 ph and would be 46hrs

Looks like it’ll be a garage queen for a few more years [emoji20]

 

 

 

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