Then one day while driving on the motorway the engine started to make a loud metal banging noise, three to four times per second until it completely shut down. The engine cranks up but it has not started since then.
We took it to a garage who diagnosed a failed compression test in the second cylinder but they do not carry out engine repairs so it was left as it is.
Being the car quite old and with many marks and bumps on the body work I did not bother getting it repaired through another garage as I suspect it is an engine problem that could be very expensive to repair.
The battery, coil pack and fuel pump works fine.
Please note that this car does not have a cam belt but a timing chain, supposedly lasting the life of the engine.
What do you think the problem may be?
Many thanks, Mike
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 AT 1:11 AM