156 very poorly

"gazza82" > wrote in message
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> If the cambelt is still intact, then you've either dropped a valve,
> cracked the piston rings or the head gasket has gone. The only way they
> are going to find out is to take the head off. Saw one recently on
> another forum where engine overheated and burnt the exhaust valves!
>

A piston was actually deformed, so it had a new (2nd hand with new rings)
piston, the camshaft was so worn one of the valves wasnt opening so it had a
replacement.
Main bearings were changed as well as the camshaft position sensor, all for
£650, I reckon I did OK.

Happy again,

Rick

On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:51:39 +0100, "R D S" > wrote:

>A piston was actually deformed, so it had a new (2nd hand with new rings)
>piston, the camshaft was so worn one of the valves wasnt opening so it had a
>replacement.
>Main bearings were changed as well

Sounds to me like an engine that's been run very low on oil.

>as the camshaft position sensor, all for
>£650, I reckon I did OK.

So far.

>Happy again,

Hope there's no other damage or excessive wear lurking in there!

--
Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
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"Zathras" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:51:39 +0100, "R D S" > wrote:
>
>>A piston was actually deformed, so it had a new (2nd hand with new rings)
>>piston, the camshaft was so worn one of the valves wasnt opening so it had
>>a
>>replacement.
>>Main bearings were changed as well
>
> Sounds to me like an engine that's been run very low on oil.

Ive only had it a few months, it could have been me, I was caught out at the
very beginning.
Although its oil use and exhaust smoke always seems excessive, I guess it
was ready to die when I bought it.

>
>>as the camshaft position sensor, all for
>>£650, I reckon I did OK.
>
> So far.
>
>>Happy again,
>
> Hope there's no other damage or excessive wear lurking in there!
>

It had a good look at while in bits, it looked OK apparently.