Sunday, November 16

The first step....

Getting the car to run right again...

Like I said before, there were some compression issues with the motor when the car was put away. A common problem with the small Metro motors (it's only a 1L 3cyl) is that the exhaust valves burn very easily. And that was part of the issue with this car. It had two burnt exhaust valves. So after an experience trying to find a shop to fix them, and the shop screwing up, we finally got the head repaired and on the car.



Unfortunately, the car was still not running right. Chris figured out that there was a bad ground and fixed it. That made the car run better, but it still smokes like crazy. Turns out the rings are bad and need to be replaced.

Luckily, he came across a lovely little parts car I have nicknamed "Bruiser" due to it's black and blue color scheme. Bruiser needs a new head (which we have) but otherwise runs well, and is 5 years newer than the Metrovertible, so he will be swapping the motor out. That works out great because we can now detail the engine bay much easier! As you can see in the picture below, it is well needed!

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