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need a new engine for '96 k11 if anyone has one or knows of one? eithe 1l or 3l, my current one is startin to sound like a bag of spanners, timing chain is on the way out and probs with the head gasket

I wasnt trying to throw my weight around or offend anyone, apologies if it seemed that way, its the most common thing we see here when a cat has failed due to the lambda sensor being faulty, after reading your comment ed i realise that your right about the older models being less reliant on cats...

Id assume that draining the fluid was the same as any other gearbox, but there should be a filler cap on top of the gearbox to refill it, rather than the speedo cable hole, as im pretty sure the speedo cable hole sits lower than the level of the oil anyway it would only fill up half way, and if...

If it is just a temp sensor then i dont see a problem with just cutting it off, but Im pretty damn sure that thats the lambda sensor and for gods sake DO NOT CUT IT OFF, that sensor reads the emissions coming from the engine and tells the ecu if the engines burning up to much/too little fuel...

Yea thats the way i had to do it, take the wheel arch out, the worst part was taking the hoses off and getting all the fluid over my hands, i was just retching constantly, the only thing i can think of is that the alcohol content must have gone from the fluid and the water just went stale, so...

Been having issues with the car for a few weeks every time i start her up. After about 30secs i get a waft of sum hideous smell (the missus said it smelt like cat poo & litter!) that then goes away, i checked things like the water thinking it may have gone nasty but that was fine, then checked...

well if you take your car to a garage and get them to put an altemeter on the battery thatll tell you if the alternator is faulty, theyll check it with the engine running and then start turning lights etc on, the reading should always stay in the charge area. as for the juddering im stuck too...

unlikely that its your battery, the battery is only used to start the car or when your playing the stereo with the engine off, if its struggling with something like that it could be the alternator giving up, but you would know as pretty soon there would be no charge in the battery when you go to...

the best way to do this without damaging the threads is to use oxy-acetaline to heat around the stud, then use mole grips or pliers to grip the stud and wind it out, obviously a bit difficult if you dont have that equipment! either that or just drill the bolt right through and tap as said before...

A knocking could be the ball joints, possibly hubs, maybe get your bushes looked at aswell, as said before though it would be good to know where the noise is coming from. CV joints would make a clicking noise when you turn at slow speeds, dont know if this is the problem your getting but ive...

sorry guys im not a great fan of the k10! i just have bad memories of my boring stepmum dawdling around in one, and i prefer the shape of the k11! The only reason i wouldnt go ahead with putting a 1.6 engine in is mainly because of the jump in insurance, but also because im looking to start...

seen that done more times than i can remember! im a bit surprised they werent sold with a set of bolts really, they usually come as a set. You maybe right about the nuts tho, cant see how wide the holes are, and whenever ive fitted a new set to sumones car we've had the nuts come with them

would a new engine be fairly cheap? ideally if i was going to change the engine i would put a bigger one in, a 1.4L would be nice but 1.3L is more common isnt it? and is it a fairly straghtforward swap?

the tyres will fit straight over no problems, and as your not changing the rolling radius no need to worry about the speedo, you will have to get new wheel nuts though, a set from halfords will do the trick and theyre quite cheap, the steel wheel nuts would more than likely be too fat to fit...

Should fit straight on no problems at all, and the 195/45/15 would be the best one, if your looking at wolfrace alloys let me know, the tyre company i work for has a deal with wolfrace so i maybe able to get them quite cheap

Been thinking a little bit and would preferably want a k11 same as what ive got at the moment, so if anyone knows of any dirt cheap ones going spare let me know

ok guys got a few questions and advice id like! Im looking for a project car to start modding, im fairly clueless when it comes to advanced engine problems, but i can get round most problems as im a foreman at a tyre depot (cheap parts! woohoo!), and have most of the tools i need available...

ill try my best lol, it would be a good sideline though wouldnt it, "hey do you know anyone who's got kittens for sale?" "yea hold on a sec ill jus go squeeze a couple out for you" lol NG it shouldtn matter if you cant find a receipt/invoice etc, as long as you paid by card you can just use...

i would agree with nex on this one, when i bought my micra from a dealership i found out it had quite a few faults on it, at which point the garage denied responsibility, one call to trading standards and they soon started crapping kittens. If the garage took money from you to do the job and...

apparently you can trick these too, i dunnno if this is true or not, but if your on a motorway nd go through one, all you got to do is change lanes and it wont detect you, who's up for tryin this out?!