Graham Thomson Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Managed to burn 4 litres of Castrol's finest in about 200 miles......and she was sounding as rough as a chain-smoking dawg......so took her to the menders....and the news is not good. At 134,500 miles...there is a chunk out of one of the pistons resulting in no compression in cylinder 7 and cylinder 6 (at least i think it was 6). The old girl is currently in bits awaiting a full new set of cylinders and a general rebuild. Should get it back by the end of the week tho, at fantasmagorical cost . On the upside, at least I will get 33% more power than running on six cylinders, and should use less oil, and maybe even a little less fuel . On the downside, the completely-packed ready-to-roll-for-the-family-camping-weekend trailer (which I had spent about a day fixing and making ready-to-roll) had to be emptied out and re-packed into the XJ6..... Hey ho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Ouch ! Now if you'd got a Tdi it would have run quite happily on 4 cylinders without all that trouble Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Thomson Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 And still she is not returned to use.. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 bad luck G , hope the 110 returns home soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Thomson Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Paying visit tomorrow to the garage - hopefully brighter news to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Thomson Posted May 17, 2009 Author Share Posted May 17, 2009 Went to garage, saw octopistonlets........that's 8 shiny new pistons to you and I. Forecast is that she will be back with me by Wednesday, hopefully with a new MOT too. So that is definitely brighter. And I have invented a new word. So a good day all round! :D :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Thomson Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 She is back :D :D :D :D Been off the road 3 weeks, 8 new pistons and gawd alone knows what else :huh: :huh: :huh: Lord alone knows what the bill will be :( :( :( And complete with a fresh MOT ! ! :) :) :) Going out for a blast now, updates later !!!!! :) :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 just don't break it agian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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