On 07/07/2011 16:58, R C Nesbit wrote:
> Catman spoke:
>>> Hopefully not - since this has come on the back of SWMBO's 147 now
>>> showing an "Engine Control Failure" warning (difficult to start& lumpy
>>> tickover)
>>
>> AFM.
>
> Nope!
>
> It just gets better and better!
>
> It's burned out a valve! (the 147 2.0TS)

HTF did it do that.

>
> No compression on #2 pot.
> So what to do?
> Deffo cannot afford to pay for the work on it right now after all the
> recent ****.
>
> How many spanners worth of a DIY job is it?

Personally I'd go with 'quite a few' but YMMV


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