For Sale Grumpys Kia Sorento

[Grumps]

Get them to your home then mate.

Good thought thanks mate.

 

[Brian H]

Jue has just video'd me jump starting the car to get it under the carport to get the battery charged up. My Niggling doubt with what I have been told from the neighbour is that once started it drives fine and ticks over smoothly on all cylinders. Surely if a piston or rings had gone it would be able to do this? In fact it never missed a beat! Something is bugging me with this. Am I throwing money away when the repair could be pence??? The smoke is grey.

I had a seat altea for a while, one of the injectors failed and over fuelled one of the piston bores for a while this caused the car to run as rough as a dog on startup, do not remember any smoke but is did act as if it was missing on a cylinder, once warm the car ran fine.

 

[Grumps]

Just been on with @Lee and he's done some delving about for me and had come back with the rings as the most likely cause. Going to get a compression test done to confirm one way or the other and put this to bed!

 

[Sean d]

Just been on with @Lee and he's done some delving about for me and had come back with the rings as the most likely cause. Going to get a compression test done to confirm one way or the other and put this to bed!

I also did some delving and found the same mate but I didn't want to dishearten you, the AA will compression test it.

 

[Grumps]

I also did some delving and found the same mate but I didn't want to dishearten you, the AA will compression test it.

Thanks mate but you can't kick a man when he's already down! Rovers dead as well. Sprung a water leak.

 

[billz]

Dave have you ever thought about getting a push bike due to your luck with cars. Mind you the chaim would probably snap

 

[Faheem]

@Grumpy how you getting around then mate? Has the zed come to the rescue?

Ever thought about swapping the rover for a corsa? I hear that they're extremely reliable

 

[Redline]

A real choker. The more I look the more it does look like a blow-by/compression issue rather than crankcase ventilation.
There's no cheap way out to get back to the same kind of position.

Could you lay it up for a while, get another cheap runner for 3 months and build up or borrow to get an recon/exchange engine to get the Kia back running again?
At least that way you'd be able to rebuild trust in a new engine that should give many years of motoring.

 

[Grumps]

A real choker. The more I look the more it does look like a blow-by/compression issue rather than crankcase ventilation.
There's no cheap way out to get back to the same kind of position.

Could you lay it up for a while, get another cheap runner for 3 months and build up or borrow to get an recon/exchange engine to get the Kia back running again?
At least that way you'd be able to rebuild trust in a new engine that should give many years of motoring.

It's a thought Ian, hadn't really looked at doing that but it's a possibility. See what the test brings.

 

[andyglym]

It's a thought Ian, hadn't really looked at doing that but it's a possibility. See what the year brings.

Bloody hell mate, if there was only bad luck you wouldn't even get that! Chin up mate and good luck.

 

[Z Victor 1]

Having some bad luck with the motors this year Dave, have you been using Hamilton's mechanics?
Hope you can get something sorted mate.

 

[bessieblue]

Dave could it be the head gasket leaking into one of the pots is the water going down, as pot heats up burns water off & fires up. Also i've got a santa fee & i think its the same engine have you looked at any second hand engines from them