Recent content by QuiggyWoo

Well this morning I decided it would be a good idea too be pulled over by the wonderful :devil: London Traffic Police. :devil: I pulled into a check point where a very old Police officer proceeded to check my insurance, license mot and tax. All were fine until he noticed a little crack in my...

Wow, took the engine apart. I had a broken valve stem seal in cylinder 1 hence why only one of my Sparks was coated in oil. Replaced it, put the engine back together and hey presto running fine again. Not a job for the faint hearted. It took me and my dad (An ex mechanic for the Navy) 5 hours to...

Track Rod ends Just to create some closure. It turned out that the right hand Track Rod End was damaged!. Never bothered to look, (Bit slow this month) Replaced them both and had it tracked at KwikFit (28.00!) and now its fine. Also rotated the tires before I replace them at the ned of the...

Thanks for that. As I said I have brought everything needed to change the head, piston rings and the stem seals so it will still be a big job but i can do it because i want to now and not because I need to. More fun that way I always think!

lol well I now have a full engine refurb kit (Always handy to have next to spare bulbs and fuses) lol I might still have the head skimmed as its never been done and with 104000 on the clock it should be done. Thanks for the advice from everyone and I also believe I can hear my Barclaycard saying...

Just picked up my car from the garage (Decided it was the quickest way considering my commute for the next three weeks takes me over 200-Miles per day) He checked the cylinder head, gaskets, etc and found nothing wrong apart from loads of crap in the carb. He cleaned it and replaced the sparks...

So.. Head gasket Piston Ring Set Rocker Gasket Sump Gasket Valve Stem Seals Water Pump Anything else on my shopping list?

LOL yes but never used it! Got it when I bought all my tools from a garage who went bust but never used it.

Well after the bang and the rise in temp/blue smoke I pulled over like I said. Then, after two minutes I drove 30 miles home and no problem. Drove the car this evening, only to my local tesco and temp did rise a little but fan kicked in and car was fine. I'm gonna change the plugs tomorrow, HT...

http://www.micra.org.uk/showthread.php?t=11068 Just read this thread and I'm already crying! Okay if I was to do this I will take photographs and create a how to. What do I need to replace. Also whats the best diagnostic procedue. I.e what do I look at to see whats gone wrong???

Champion claim is the piston rings. How big a job are we talking about? Never had to do any major work on an engine.

Okay, I just took the spark plugs off, one was coated in oil the other three are okay???? No oil anywhere else so no leaking that I can see. Temp does run higher now but fan kicks in and it levels off????

Help car died on way home! Okay after everything I have done to my car I developed a major problem and I'm hoping someone on here has the knowledge to advice me! (Hint to everyone on this forum) Sitting on the M25 today on my home from Brighton, Traffic was moving slow due to an accident and...

Okay after everything I have done to my car I developed a major problem and I'm hoping someone on here has the knowledge to advice me! (Hint to everyone on this forum) Sitting on the M25 today on my home from Brighton, Traffic was moving slow due to an accident and as normal temp started to...

What are we talking money wise for a custom. I like Pipex because they don't make the car sound like a tank. I want a decent system that will still sound like it belongs to a Micra! lol Sad I" know but never have liked the whole "my exhaust is meant to sound like it has a hole in it" Genre...