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 Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:51 am |
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Joined: Jan 08, 2012
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Location: Newport,South Wales
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Basically as ive been doing insurance quotes today my car keeps coming up as a 16v i didnt really know as when i looked at the car 8v or 16v wasnt advertised ... which i think it may be 16v .. ive found my car to be sort of sluggish .. i know the 1.1 engine and the 1.4 engine are the same looking in the 8v category and the 16v has got a nice big cover and was wondering that maybe someone has had a front ender in it or blew the engine at some stage and either chucked a 1.1 in there or a 1.4 8v .. is there any easy ways to tell which is what the engine. isnt a great runner anyway but still would like to know .. cheers guys .. may sound stupid but its hard to tell for me atm
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:53 am |
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The 8 valve engines have a sort of oblong silver rocker cover on them, the 16v's normally have a big plastic cover over the top.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:54 am |
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Location: Newport,South Wales
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yeah mate i was wondering about the 1.1 8v and the 1.4 8v how could i tell the difference if you know what i mean mate
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:00 pm |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2010
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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What are the first 8 digits of your VIN? That will have the engine codename for whatever it left the factory with, and I doubt someone would go to the effort of changing the ECU and loom to put an 8v in what was a 16v
Also, have a look at the casting number imprinted on the cylinder head just to the right of the exhaust manifold
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:03 pm |
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Location: Newport,South Wales
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ill go and check for you now mate cheers for this
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:07 pm |
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Location: Newport,South Wales
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casting number z06 , 8 digits from vin : VF32CKFW
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:08 pm |
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Aint so bothered about it just the fact it was coming up 16v and obviously id be a bit p**sed to be paying a high premium on a 1.1
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:16 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: England
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3 door 1.4 8v EEC 95 depoll engine
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:24 pm |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2012
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Location: Leeds
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Oooooo this is either worrying or a simple mistake then ..... ????
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| PEOPLE ARE TOO SERIOUS
My car: 1.4 Lx 2002 silver. With only 25,700 miles and completely standard ...... AT THE MOMENT ANYWAYS 
Prog Thread: www.206info.co.uk/Foru...42301.html | |
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:24 pm |
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There you go, have you had it fault code read to see why it isn't running so well?
I had mine done and the amount of things that come up even if the engline management light hasn't flashed...
Edit: have a look at the V5 document, see what its been registered as. there's most likely a mistake somewhere along the lines
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:30 pm |
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cheers for that lee really appreciate it ... not yet its booked in next week , its very sluggish .. i mean i dont expect it to be amazing as its an 8 valver and a 1.4 ... but you know atleast a bit of kick in the engine. sometimes it can start up and it will drop revs and just stay there and i can slam my foot on the accelerator and it wont move, definately something wrong there , someone i spoke to thinks it may even be an ecu update ... i can go down the motorway hit 70 .. and foot to the floor its not moving its as if its deccelerating and the speeds just dropping ... very slow off the mark aswell
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:33 pm |
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Location: Newport,South Wales
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when i say slam my foot on the accelerator and it wont move thats at idle btw .. the needle wont move and neither does the engine make a sound and then if i hold it sometimes itl respond then in about 5 seconds and shoot up
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:08 pm |
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Location: England
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What's your ECU? I'll tell you the engine that is fitted.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:10 pm |
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Location: Newport,South Wales
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shall i get some sort of code off it for you mate?
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:12 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: England
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Yeah please.
One plug / Three plug
Make & model
Numbers
Or just take a picture if it's easier 
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