(04-11-2015, 06:42 AM)Poodle Wrote: How old is it? Can you guarantee it's never been over-revved? Never been run low on oil? Never over-heated in traffic? Is the owner more attuned to his vehicle than 99% of owner drivers who will ignore anything that doesn't bring the engine light on? Reckon you've probably got the point.
It looks like it's been smashing the valves on the starter without the operator noticing, so i guess there were some stuck valves from being sat for so long. But then maybe the water pump was seized and the belt jumped a tooth or two when it was first turned over. Tbh you can't know without taking it apart to find out.
It's 11 years old, 61k - and it was driven hard lol, what's the point of Halfords looks if you don't drive it like a 17 year old?
I was the first one to turn it over on the starter.
My neighbour was stood there watching as well though and neither of us heard anything except the lack of compression - he's a bit of a car guy and has done HG's on his Rover 25 hence his interest in getting this running. How do valves get stuck through lack of use? Collapsed lifters or something else? Some of the lifters weren't following the cams when I pulled the rocker cover after finding the lack of compression but that may've been after the valves had already bent so wouldn't seat properly.