Engine Failures

[Idrees]

Hi guys,

Firstly I think we already have a similar thread but I can't find it anywhere, or I may just be slightly blind.

This is just a thread to show us what failed on your engine, and what year your car is. People tend to believe the Mark 1 GT engines with the silver cam belt covers are the strongest, and the Glanzas being the weakest with the thin rods.

Pictures of your buggered engines would be a bonus too, and as much detail on what went wrong would be great.

I'll start..

1996 Glanza - Headgasket failure

I bought the car with the damage already done, I'm not sure what exactly went wrong in the first place, however it was suffering from a bad repair when I owned the car as the previous owner had a new gasket fitted but it didn't fix anything.

1993 GT Turbo - Piston cracked

Again, I bought the car with the damage already done. The previous owner suspects a cracked piston, the car misfires and throws smoke out of the PCV valve. I will be stripping this to see the trouble in a couple of weeks.

1991 GT Turbo - Oil pump failure

This was one of the engines my brother fitted to his. It lost oil pressure, it may have been a high mileage engine and maybe could have done with a refurb. We wasn't aware of this though, as the seller did tell a good few lies about the condition/mileage when he bought it.

Idrees

[ollie ryan]

1998 Glanza headgasket failed then repaired 3 months later piston ring was damaged, now running a GT engine

[_shaun_]

think your thinking of the thread like this on tgtt forums

[Idrees]

I have a feeling more Glanza owners will be posting in here!

[ollie ryan]

Yeah I have heard of quite a few glanzas going this year

[lukEp]

I gunk chesh will have a lot to post in this section

[Steve GT]

too true luke

114 GT turbo- engine was knackered when i got it think it was just careless owner but a month after owning it started knocking like hell. bottom end knocking shells worn etc

[lukEp]

Sorry it's not the engine it's user error when something goes wrong for chesh

[Foggy]

Glanza 1 bar of boost have the car 3 years no trouble.

Mk3 gtt std boost again no trouble.

Its down to how you look after the car. If you rag the shit out of any car every day the engine wont last simple as.

[Russleh]

engine from a 1996 auto glanza running 1.2 bar on a hybrid.

piston failure. cracked and broken at ringland

bottom end from a gt rebuilt with used pistons.

rat at same spec for about 6 months then another broken ringland on a piston.

[Guest cheshireglanza]

Sorry it's not the engine it's user error when something goes wrong for chesh

its not my fault my cars blow up when your round