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Okay, we've all been there - what was your first car?
To cut a long story short, we let our eldest loose in the car - a 2002 Seat Leon 1.6 16V (not the GTI, mercifully) - after he passed his test. It's our own fault, but a week last Friday at about 10.30pm I got a mayday call - the car has broken down...
"Have you been ragging it?" I asked when I eventually turned up - the engine still glowing red hot.
"No" came the reply...
Anyway the front Lambda sensor (the expensive one) was fried, the inlet manifold, throttle body and air cleaner caked in oil (new MAP sensor required) and the downpipe was in two halves.
Cleaned out the throttle body and reset the basic settings, cleaned out the air cleaner and replaced the air filter. Luckily I had recently changed the cambelt and tensioners (and it's still spot on), but still the car has a lumpy tickover and won't start when it is hot - no faults are logged in the OBD...
I'm wondering, am I faced with 16 burnt out/bent valves (although the compressions are high and even)?
Not to mention the cracked seat frame I've just welded up, the half worn month old front tyres and the metal on metal front pads (discs and pads fitted last November)...
Given the evidence, I think our car is a wreck...
Pimp my ride? - in your dreams No. 1 son...

"Have you been ragging it?" I asked when I eventually turned up - the engine still glowing red hot.
"No" came the reply...
Anyway the front Lambda sensor (the expensive one) was fried, the inlet manifold, throttle body and air cleaner caked in oil (new MAP sensor required) and the downpipe was in two halves.
Cleaned out the throttle body and reset the basic settings, cleaned out the air cleaner and replaced the air filter. Luckily I had recently changed the cambelt and tensioners (and it's still spot on), but still the car has a lumpy tickover and won't start when it is hot - no faults are logged in the OBD...
I'm wondering, am I faced with 16 burnt out/bent valves (although the compressions are high and even)?
Not to mention the cracked seat frame I've just welded up, the half worn month old front tyres and the metal on metal front pads (discs and pads fitted last November)...
Given the evidence, I think our car is a wreck...
Pimp my ride? - in your dreams No. 1 son...