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Originally Posted by Gigagator
Well this morning was interesting to say the least. Was up and trying to head off to work at 8am for some rare overtime.
Started her up, sounded awful as per the videos and was clearly misfiring, could feel it through the seat and steering wheel.
She wouldn't go up the hill out of my estate in 2nd, I had to drop down to 1st.
Usually you can easily get up the hill in 2nd - she'll do it in 3rd but will struggle.
After dropping to 1st, I had just made it to the top of the hill and she cut out.
Tried to start her up again and she sounded absolutely dreadful and there was a strong smell, sort of a burning smell.
For a brief moment I though the cambelt had gone or I'd thrown an aux belt and it was burning up due to friction.
Had to roll her back down the hill in reverse, no power steering or servo assist on the brakes so that was fun.
Managed to keep enough momentum to get on to the driveway at which point she started again and I headed off to work.
I am not feeling too confident that an oil change and flush tomorrow is going to cure this one.
Surely this isn't sounding like symptoms of dry tappets anymore?? |
At a guess it sounds like the loss of power was due to another cylinder going out especially when you noticed it through the steering wheel and seat, the burning smell more that likely, as others have said due to slipping the clutch due to lack of pulling power up the hill.
I doubt very much that a flush will cure it, but worth a try and as others have said, time for the cover to come off and see what's happening with the camshaft and followers, or at least use a stethoscope or screwdriver to pinpoint the noise more accurately.
If it was mine I wouldn't drive it any more, it won't get any better and at best you have a smallish problem to solve, at worst, if you keep driving it a far more expensive one, especially it it does something silly in a live motorway lane.
