Well i'm off to Pole Positon in Willenhall today to have my scooby put on diagnosis machine and general health check for peace of mind

Hope it all goes well and no nasty suprises

 

How much is that costing ? if you dont mind me asking

 

I was up there yesterday having a starter motor fitted good bunch of lads

 

Been there too great guys really know their stuff!

 

Cost me £60 with invoice for compression and not good news been sold a dud car low compression on number 2, reading was 30 the rest were 110

Rebuild was recommended but I can't afford that so it's now up for sale!

 

That's a $h!tter mate. Where & when did you buy it? What model is it? Maybe you could consider an engine replacement from the guys there? Might work out cheaper than a rebuild?
I'm off there tomorrow for some bits

 

It's a 2008 hawkeye 270 Ltd edition number 199

I can't afford it either way replacement or rebuild bought it from a back street garage who have wiped there hands of it and said sold ad seen more to add they r renowned for doing this but I didn't read reviews just loved the car blinded really! 3.5k takes it away 107,000 miles fsh mot till Dec 2015

 

Thats **** fella i had a similar issue a few years back with a hilux surf

 

How long have you owned it for? As long as they're a trade they have to by law give you some sort of warranty usually 3 months. I would get some advice if it's within the 3 month period. I'd also get in touch with trading standards.
Unfortunately as it is your car won't be worth much & will be much harder to sell. Good luck with it mate. Feel for you.

 

You interested in a swap for a blob wrx?

 

Gazza give us a ring pal 07984681397

 

Just be careful on the search function. Most of their praise is because of Matty.

Matty has now moved on.

He is still a trader on here but under mbdevelopments. You might want to ping him a PM as I'm sure with his vast amount of knowledge he'll be able to help you and point you in the right direction.

 

This ^^^ I also forgot it was MB that I visited not Pole Position! Keep mixing up the two. Matty is a top boy

 

Does it crank evenly? With compression that low I'd expect you to be able to hear bop, bop, bop, whoosh (if that makes sense) as one of the pistons has no compression. Is the hawk the same DBW as the hatch, if you hold the throttle to the floor and crank it won't fire? You'll be able to hear the crank then and see if you notice anything amiss.

 

No idea fat boy,

 

As above have a word with matty see what he thinks and what route you could go down.

 

Just cutting my losses cba with it 4k ono

 

It was 3.5k further up the post

 

My Bad 3.5k

 

Which garage sold it you?

 

Wish i had 3.5k id jump at it an fit my lump id contemplate off roading the vehicle an saving up if i was u shame

 

Park cars Longford road coventry

 

Get trading standards involved? As above i personally would buy a cheap run about and get it sorted. I can understand tho why you disheartened after a short period. Did you suspect an issue that made you take it for check?

 

I dont understand why you are rolling over and accepting the situation without putting up a fight.

 

i have a 02 subaru impreza wrx 2l turbo bugeye 114k miles and iv been getting a heavy misfire and when i checked the plugs they was some oil on 1 of them im also getting some blue smoke from the back end so i think that where the smoke it coming from so going to take it to a garage monday fingers crossed sorry to hear about that jase12377 sucks im in the same position as you when i brought it it ran amazing for ages and now 2 months down the line the problems have come so yea im kinda stuck on what it could be soon find out monday

 

Car now sold