As some of you may know just brought a 1.1 Fizza. When you get the magnifying glass out and find the engine lol when its running it bubbles around one of the ht leads where it plugs into the head and slightly bubbling on another, what could this be

Ben

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its scrap xD

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Shut up george, ur scrap lol. Just cus i wouldnt let you drive it lol

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if the car was sitting for a bit of time you got the car then it could just be a bit of moisture.

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take the air filter off and pull out the plastic lad at the bottom comeing from the breather, theres a very small hole at the bottom of that, its blocked and the plastic coupling thing is filling up with water from the breather and theres your bubbeling, just clean the hole at the bottom so the water can escape down the pipe into the manifold. had the same problem

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i would neever thoughg that would happen.

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did this fix it mate?

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sorry mate been off the forums a while as the missus banned me whilst on holiday, i'm still away at the moment but when i get back i will have a look and let you know

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cool thats dedication for ya

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Back off holiday, to the 1.1 that i recently aquired. Getting my hands dirty i have taken a few pictures to help explain a bit better, this one i am worried about the hole at the bottom left of the airbox:



This is where the air filter has been near the hole



This is the top of the air box above the hole



This is the offending spark plug




I'm going to be completely honest, i am a hobby mechanic and don't know alot so i was wondering if anyone else could shed light on what has happened with my air box, why it seems oily and blown holes in it. Dave i have tried to find the hole you were talking about but couldn't. Any help much appreciated.

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One thing is for certain, your air box needs replacing.

Looks like something very hot has attack it form underneath.

You tried taking the spark plug out?

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not as yet, the missus wouldn't let me do much but i will tomorrow, what will i be looking for to tell if its fubar

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Fookin hell! Looks like you could cook an egg on it lol.

Holy shit!

Isn't that where a breather pipe normally connects to? Have a gander to see if there's a loose breather pipe dangling underneath. Has the thing been overfilled with oil by any chance?

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No breather was hanging from what i could see, will check oil before i go anywhere tomorrow as always remember after having it running lol

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ahhhhhh..this happens with KA's too...not to the same extent. as the airbox is in a different place.. clean the crud out from round the plugs..pipe brush..compressed air is the quickest. take the plug out and examine the thread..look for any damage to it..make sure also the plug is tight. compressive gasses are probably escaping and acting like a heat jet on the airbox. it will be something along those lines. if the threads are fecked then its going to be easier to get a head from a scrapper...theyre a doddle to change theres nothing else up there that would cause that kind of damage to a plastic housing in that way.

Jam.

actually, judging by the last pic, looks like escaping exhaust gases as the heads turned red