Evening all and bear with me I'm a newbie with need of advice.
Please don't tell me I should never have bought the following, I trusted the person I bought it from.
Basically 3 years ago I bought a 2001 3rd automatic 2.5 V6 softtop with 84,000km (I live in Italy) she was a real beauty, only issue was a leaking coolant tube that just needed regular topping up. Anyhow had a LPG conversion added and everything ran fine for a couple of years. First issue was coolant leak got worse and eventually the problem was solved due to a worn pipe.
This week the first real issue has arisen, loads of White smoke from the exhaust and smell of petrol from the exhaust.
Local mechanic has said that the problem is that the valves have worn excessively due to running on LPG and lack of sufficient lubrification. Estimated cost of repair £1600 upwards depending on how many valves need replacing !!!!
She currently has 125,000km, does the diagnosis sound correct ? Once fixed can the lubricant issue be solved with Flashlube or similar ?
is it not cheaper to replace he head gasket and valves or replace the whole engine ?
Big question is she worth fixing ? or will I be throwing more money at a worsening problem ?
Many thanks for all your comments and feedback
J
Please don't tell me I should never have bought the following, I trusted the person I bought it from.
Basically 3 years ago I bought a 2001 3rd automatic 2.5 V6 softtop with 84,000km (I live in Italy) she was a real beauty, only issue was a leaking coolant tube that just needed regular topping up. Anyhow had a LPG conversion added and everything ran fine for a couple of years. First issue was coolant leak got worse and eventually the problem was solved due to a worn pipe.
This week the first real issue has arisen, loads of White smoke from the exhaust and smell of petrol from the exhaust.
Local mechanic has said that the problem is that the valves have worn excessively due to running on LPG and lack of sufficient lubrification. Estimated cost of repair £1600 upwards depending on how many valves need replacing !!!!
She currently has 125,000km, does the diagnosis sound correct ? Once fixed can the lubricant issue be solved with Flashlube or similar ?
is it not cheaper to replace he head gasket and valves or replace the whole engine ?
Big question is she worth fixing ? or will I be throwing more money at a worsening problem ?
Many thanks for all your comments and feedback
J