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hagar
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Hi
My '02 zafira ran dry of oil recently (only 4000k since last full service Grrrr!) and the valves on one of the cylinders were damaged.The compression rate on cylinder no. 3 ois low now causing the car to be a bit jerky. Since then the catalytic converter has been a bit smelly. My mechanic reckons it could give up at any time and is recommending a new engine (around €2,000), but can't guarantee that it will be OK as he buys them in from the north and the cat alytic problem may be fixed by the new engine or might be damaged anyway, no way of telling until engine is fitted. So that's about 3K and I won't know if all problems are sorted. So i have 3 choices
1). get the repairs done.
2). drive the car till it breaks down in some remote spot with the kids in the back
3) buy a 3 yr old used car.
What would you do??
My '02 zafira ran dry of oil recently (only 4000k since last full service Grrrr!) and the valves on one of the cylinders were damaged.The compression rate on cylinder no. 3 ois low now causing the car to be a bit jerky. Since then the catalytic converter has been a bit smelly. My mechanic reckons it could give up at any time and is recommending a new engine (around €2,000), but can't guarantee that it will be OK as he buys them in from the north and the cat alytic problem may be fixed by the new engine or might be damaged anyway, no way of telling until engine is fitted. So that's about 3K and I won't know if all problems are sorted. So i have 3 choices
1). get the repairs done.
2). drive the car till it breaks down in some remote spot with the kids in the back
3) buy a 3 yr old used car.
What would you do??