JDMtuning1 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Im doing a glanza coversion but i need to get the engine working properly! i bought the car knowing it had somthing wrong with the engine but can not sus out what it is at all! the engine is badley mis-fireing and quite abit of grey smoke is coming out of the exhaust. i have changed the plug's clean all of the HT leads and rotory arm and done a compression test aswell and 1-2-3-4 are 180-200! Any help on what it could be would be a great help!andyy ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Taggy Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Sounds like water getting into your pistons from the headgasket, what colour is the oil any signs of water residue, any cream under the oil cap?Is the car drinking any water, take all 4 plugs out and compare them, is there a particular cylinder plug which looks wet?Im doing a glanza coversion but i need to get the engine working properly! i bought the car knowing it had somthing wrong with the engine but can not sus out what it is at all! the engine is badley mis-fireing and quite abit of grey smoke is coming out of the exhaust. i have changed the plug's clean all of the HT leads and rotory arm and done a compression test aswell and 1-2-3-4 are 180-200! Any help on what it could be would be a great help!andyy ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
string Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 replace dizzy and roatary arm? check if the pin in the center of dizzy is good. not worn away. is it drainin water from rad into expansion tank n not replacing it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDMtuning1 Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Sounds like water getting into your pistons from the headgasket, what colour is the oil any signs of water residue, any cream under the oil cap?Is the car drinking any water, take all 4 plugs out and compare them, is there a particular cylinder plug which looks wet?yeah a couple of the plugs are bone dray and the others where wet! i looks like the car as overheated at some point aswell before i bought it too im realy confused! cheers for the reply mate ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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