Back in October I bought myself a Pulsar after doing plenty of research. I found one which fitted the bill; only 69000 miles, thousands of receipts including recent work done on the bottom end bearings and turbo. The car, importantly, was also rust free and as a bonus the interior was in very good condition. Almost perfect!
However 20 miles down the road on the motorway I lost power and had to pull onto the hard-shoulder. Smoke was billowing out of the engine and it was clear I bought a dog of a car. It's worth noting the car was not ragged in anyway during the journey home, the car actually broke down in the middle of 50mph zone on the motorway. The next day a local mechanic (who also owns a pulsar) had a look at the car for me to look at the extent of the damage. We couldn't get it started and the engine didn't register any compression at all! As you can imagine I'm extremely gutted.
In addition to this we also noticed there was an oil leak and the oil had a strange smell.
As I need a car for work my immediate reaction was to cut my losses and try and sell it but with it nearing to Christmas I got a lot of time wasters and I've decided to try and fix it.
However 20 miles down the road on the motorway I lost power and had to pull onto the hard-shoulder. Smoke was billowing out of the engine and it was clear I bought a dog of a car. It's worth noting the car was not ragged in anyway during the journey home, the car actually broke down in the middle of 50mph zone on the motorway. The next day a local mechanic (who also owns a pulsar) had a look at the car for me to look at the extent of the damage. We couldn't get it started and the engine didn't register any compression at all! As you can imagine I'm extremely gutted.
In addition to this we also noticed there was an oil leak and the oil had a strange smell.
As I need a car for work my immediate reaction was to cut my losses and try and sell it but with it nearing to Christmas I got a lot of time wasters and I've decided to try and fix it.