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    Misfiring and white smoke out of exhaust and oil catch breather ??

    You would need to strip it down to check the condition of the cylinders and make sure they're not scratched or oval. Mines is stripped down just now and I'm just replacing 1 piston and all the rings cos my number 2 piston is cracked. My cylinders appear to be ok but I won't really know until I...
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    Misfiring and white smoke out of exhaust and oil catch breather ??

    I had the same problem aswell. Stripped the engine down and piston 2s ringland was cracked.
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    Newbie in need of help,please

    Thanks very much for everyone's help. If I have the money I will get the bearings just now if not I'll just strip it back down in a few thousand miles and replace them then. And I will definitely be getting a set of piston rings just to be sure.i have all the pistons out and rings off anyway...
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    Newbie in need of help,please

    Hi mate,and thank you. Piston number 2 ring land has cracked but the other 3 look perfect after a clean up. So minimum I need one pistons and I will get a set of genuine rings,am sure they come in at £106 inc vat. And a can get a genuine standard piston for £75. So I'm hoping that it's just...
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    Newbie in need of help,please

    Will do mate.ill check when I'm in work in the morning. Cheers.
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    Newbie in need of help,please

    Nice one mate. Thank u very much. Don't suppose you have anymore pistons lying about that your wanting to sell?
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    Does anyone recognise my car

    Thanks. Yeah as av said its of road getting a bit of work done just now. My opinion the wheels are a bit chavy and big for the car so going to try find a nice set of 15s and lower it a bit more. And that's the council at its best with the lock ups lol out of 25 a think only 5 of them are getting...
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    Does anyone recognise my car

    Thanks Colin. Much appreciated
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    Does anyone recognise my car

    Hi everyone I'm still new to this forum but was wondering if anyone has ever owned or recognise my starlet,I bought it about 2years ago,had it for a year then sold it but I found the guy selling it about 4months ago and bought it back. The reg is P645 FRS it's a black Glanza v. I would add a...
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    Newbie in need of help,please

    Brilliant guys. Thanks very much to the both of yous. Yeah jay ideally I would like to replace all pistons to new ones but if sumone had a old set that was fine then I would try fitting them cos adventualy I would like to go forged,just need this engine to last another year or so till the money...
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    Newbie in need of help,please

    Sorry just realised the size that I posted was wrong. They are Size 1- 73.900-73.910 Size 2- 73.910-73.920 Size 3- 73.920-73.930 I would possible change just the one if someone had a rod and piston forsale that was the same size as mine
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    Newbie in need of help,please

    Hi everyone.iv followed this forum for quite a while but iv never set up and account. Iv had my 1997 Glanza v for about 2years now I sold it for a while but regretted it after about a day and had to buy it back. Well a couple of months ago my car started spraying oil out the rocker cover...
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