hi all and thanks in advance for any help.
Currently my wife's 2003 s3 8l bam has been getting harder and harder to start
It had a problem using water a while ago and i added some steelseal, this stopped the water use
A few weeks ago i noticed mayo in the cam cover so carried out a oil and filter change as i assumed it was down to her lack of miles in the car (approx 30 miles a week) and all seemed ok
The last week or so the car has been a t*"t to start and when finally getting it going it sounded like it was misfiring and lots of white smoke out the back, a good rev cleared the misfire and the smoke cleared over a minute or so.
I have pulled the plugs and there was quite a lot of oil around the plugs, when cleaned up it was easier to start
Today it wouldnt start at all, so recharged the battery cleaned the oil of the plugs agian and she started...just
so i have been and bought a compression tester as the only fault codes showing were a misfire on cylinder 1 and 2
the compression results all in psi
50 - 60 - 70 - 120
Now i know these are bad bad bad so am i going to be better just getting another engine or is it worth investigating further?
Stu
Currently my wife's 2003 s3 8l bam has been getting harder and harder to start
It had a problem using water a while ago and i added some steelseal, this stopped the water use
A few weeks ago i noticed mayo in the cam cover so carried out a oil and filter change as i assumed it was down to her lack of miles in the car (approx 30 miles a week) and all seemed ok
The last week or so the car has been a t*"t to start and when finally getting it going it sounded like it was misfiring and lots of white smoke out the back, a good rev cleared the misfire and the smoke cleared over a minute or so.
I have pulled the plugs and there was quite a lot of oil around the plugs, when cleaned up it was easier to start
Today it wouldnt start at all, so recharged the battery cleaned the oil of the plugs agian and she started...just
so i have been and bought a compression tester as the only fault codes showing were a misfire on cylinder 1 and 2
the compression results all in psi
50 - 60 - 70 - 120
Now i know these are bad bad bad so am i going to be better just getting another engine or is it worth investigating further?
Stu