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My Puma Died I think

#1 User is offline   staro30 

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Posted 07 August 2015 - 08:14 AM

Felt and heard a rattling noise as I pushed the accelerator down. Got to top of traffic lights. Engine smoking. On red so thought I would turn off the engine for a couple of mins. Go green - wouldn't start. AA arrived an hour later. Car now starts as cooled down. Drove it round the corner to a petrol station. No coolant. AA man adds coolant but leaking from thermostat housing at bottom of engine. AA man adds some pressure gauge thingy to coolant tank - adds pressure, coolant leaking fast, pressure rising, car temp rising after few mins, heater matrix pipes shear off in front of our eyes!

So the nice AA man who use to be a mechanic is 99% sure that the head gasket is leaking as I drove it a couple of miles I may have damaged the cylinder heads.

So there is a few hours labour to change head gasket, check the cylinder (may need skimming), replace the heater matrix and hosing, replace the thermostat housing and hosing. The back tyres both need replacing - on the limit plus side wall damage. The rear arches are so corroded that I had to hide it with masking tape on the last MOT. The heater valve has packed up but that maybe connected to the lack of coolant prob. It's done over 150k miles. Without these repairs and with bad rust it's probably not worth much more than £400.

So I think my cat died! Definitely?

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Posted 07 August 2015 - 08:32 AM

Sorry to read of your Puma woes.
What is the condition of other maintenance items?
Your tyres sound so worn I wonder if your Puma in general has been kept maintained.
Brakes, bushes, exhaust, cambelt, engine, rust.
Only you know if your Puma is otherwise in good condition.
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#3 User is offline   Rayy 

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Posted 07 August 2015 - 08:33 AM

Sounds like the numbers don't add up Posted Image

Take the scrap value/cost of repairs and put towards another?

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Posted 07 August 2015 - 09:16 AM

Don't presume the head is knackered... I doubt it is <_<

New thermostat and HCV should sort it I would have thought..

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Posted 07 August 2015 - 10:19 AM

If I scrap it at ASM (Main scrap dealer) I'd prob get £100. What's alternative? Put it on AutoTrader for scrap/repair for £200? If I take it to ASM what bits could I take off and sell on ebay?

Thanks for the bit of confidence eldoodarino but it kangaroos/chugs a bit too when you change gear too early. The problems are mounting.

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Posted 07 August 2015 - 11:11 AM

Kangaroo could be hego sensor. Is your exhaust like really sooty and fuel consumption up?
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