Martriden

Hello! 10k to go 🙂 🥰 No problem right now, however I already bought its successor (drumbeat): ű I don't want to sell the Nubira yet, I want to go through what's left of my plan (valve lifters replacement, left side rocker replacement and paint some body elements). I also would hate myself if the next owner didn't take care of her as much as I did. I haven't convinced myself to get rid of her, but I'm very afraid that at some point I will have to. Although the Citroen has not been inspected by a mechanic yet (I know, very bold of me, but it was cheap, and it's very well equipped). If the Citroen requires too much money to fix every issue it might not last another safety inspection, in which case I will need the Nubira. Unfortunately, knowing myself I will get it sorted. It starts right up and runs very nicely, but it's full of error codes.

Hello, I've been wanting to post here. So, the "sometimes restricts revving" problem has been finally resolved. So I was driving to my parents city on the highway, and suddenly the car lost power and didn't accelerate, so I pulled to a rest area (luckily tha car waited with this problem until we reached one 😄). I thought it needed to be towed again. I've waited some minutes and it started right away. I decided to continue the journey (I know it was not wise, but I gave it a go). The car did not produce the problem again, but after the stop it started to lose power sometimes, it didn't go above 100 kmph. Towards the end of the destination the problem got more frequent. When I reach the city (idle for the engine) I noticed that the idle was very shaky and barely ran. I took her to the local mechanic who redid the engine last time, and fortunately it was easy fix, the car ran on two cylinders, so they replaced the 4 spark plugs and the ignition coil. So far it seems to have fixed the problem I have had for a year now. Mechanically she's safe at last, but of course there are problems still I have to fix. Some rust on the left rocker, I also need to re-grease the locks in the truck and driver's door because they are semotimes hard to open. Lastly I have to thank @pompiliu92 for giving a tip to fox.rzeszow.pl a while back, because I could only find a new clutch pedal finger there. Even my main mechanic was not able to find one. But I ordered it from the website and in two weeks I got it. Take good care everyone!

Unfortunately it was rod knock. Apparently when the engine was rebuilt two years ago the mechanic put the rod a 180 degree turned in the fourth cylinder, which -theoretically- caused the chankshaft bearing to move from its place. At least this is what the new mechanics said. I decided to fix the engine again, and I got the car back this week. I hope it will last longer this time...

I hope you're right! Thank you all for providing your opinion, I really do appreciate it! @Salex Evaluating the market value is not easy, especially nowadays... Also there aren't so many left for sale (and not for parts) to give me an indication. Anyway I also wanted to say that I visited Bucharest in June for a few days. The city is very beatiful, people are nice, but the traffic is horrendous. I thought Budapest traffic was bad, but compared to Bucharest, it's quite OK. 😄 Poeple are honking like there's no tomorrow. Budapest drivers seem very relaxed and compliant after Bucharest. Another big difference is that you had like 3 times more new luxury cars than us, but also 2 times more neglected ruins on the roads, so the unevenness of the cars' age/condition is very high I think.

There are some surface rust that I wanted to address this year (not likely it will happen), but I got several mechanics look over it, and already had some serious previous rusts repaired (the proper way, not only hiding it). So structurely it doesn't need repairing, only some cosmetics. And everything else -like I said before- was taken care of. It's time for the biannual inspection, and I'm not aware of anything that needs to be corrected on her to pass. Other than the engine right now... Several mechanics (not only the local) said that the engine rebuild would cost at least 750 EUR. @pompiliu92 Why the confusion?

Unfortunately the local mechanic (who's very close to my parents' house) isn't the best, and he's not really thrived either to work on a 24 year old Daewoo. But I don't dare taking it far away on her own legs, and the trailer back to Budapest costs almost the same as one day of work on the car. Another close mechanic have never even heard of Nubiras (???). I don't think the timing is a big deal on this engine, and it was replaced a year ago, so I wouldn't replace any part of it no matter what. And it's also not a 100% percent that all damage done can be fixed only by taking off the oil pan. What if the rods also got damaged? Then it would be a full disassembly which costs much more. I will know more in a week (at least I really hope so). As much as I like her, I have not yet fully convinced myself that she'll be worth saving (again).

No idea, I only drove the car like 5 km max with the engine light on, then I stopped at a gas station, and the light went away on the next start. I haven't scanned the car since. So you think it's rod knock? I'm not sure if the engine would have endured 100 km on high rpm with rod knock.

How it happened: it started on the highway, but much more silent, and since it was on high rpm (around 4000 - 4500), first it sounded to me like some rattle from the dashboard. It wasn't even constant, sometimes it didn't have any noise. After 100 km it turned louder and the check engine light came on. So I stopped at the first gas station, but even until then the engine didn't lose any power. The engine stalled when I reached the parking lot, when the rpm reduced to idling. I waited around 10 minutes, started the car, and that's when I recorded the sound, however the check engine light was no longer on (and still isn't). The car was towed home. The oil was full when it happened. I have the car for 5 years now, and never neglected maintenance. For some years it had valve lifter sound when starting the car, but the sound stopped after like 3-4 seconds. Mechanic said that it's not worth fixing now, and told me to wait until the sound becomes worse. I used a bottle of valve lifter cleaner, but it didn't improve. Right now the car is waiting for diagnosis at a local mechanic, but still starts right up.

Long time, no see here. I would start right off with a vote 😃 So here's the sound of my beloved's engine. Local mechanic says it's rod knock (they listened to it live). Two Daewoo specialists say it's a very loud valve lifter (they only listened to the video). What do yoyu think? 🙂 453381701_7881175508585997_6392239607569224222_n.mp4

Salutare! Just checking in. The "sometimes it doesn't go above 4400 rpm issue" still exists, when I took her to the car elecrtician and they took her for a test drive she didn't produce the problem, of course... It is the only problem right now, so I'm not mad. I forgot to show you a brossure I found online, of course I bought it. It's full of stereotypical marketing sh*t, and some grammatical errors too 😄 Lots of typos and some left-out words, it's funny how they released that brossure like that. Currently I'm trying to find a 30 (or 32?) mm diameter flexible tube that has seen better days on my engine. I cannot find it anywhere. I asked in the Hungarian Daewoo club and someone said it isn't even possiible to replace it without disassembling the A/C system. Is there something I can replace this tube? And lastly something interesting. I just came across an article about an early Daewoo concept car, the Bucrane. Did you know about it? I really like the look of it, it's a shame it never got into production. Link: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/concept/daewoo-bucrane-was-budget-v6-coupe-we-never-got

Little update: ignition coil was replace. Spark plugs from cylinder 2 and 3 looked nice, but the plugs from 1 and 4 were much worse. The guy who checked it said that spark plugs 2 and 3 are ignited at once, and 1 and 4 again at once. So he thought the ignition coil was bad, and replaced to another used original GM part, since we couldn't find a new original GM one. The catalytic converter was also replaced to a new one, since it was toast due to bad ignition. (In the picture they are in order; 1-2-3-4) After the replacement of the cat, the car started to have a new problem. At first, it wouldn't go above 4000 rpm in any gear. I could feel she was able to go above it, but something did not let her, so she started stuttering but not go above 4000. Then it turned into a temporary problem, meaning if she was in the mood, she could go well over 4000, but other times it disables going faster. Today morning I visited a friend who has Scan-100. There was no code whatsoever, and every value was perfect, except one. The O2 sensor was totally wrong, it jumped from lean to right all the time, and the values it gave were incomprehensible. The diagnosis was that due to the bad cat (melted insides) and the replacement of it (the pounding which came with it), the O2 sensor was comprimised with metal catalysts dust from the old cat. If I'm lucky it will burn off after a few hunderd kilometers. If not, I'm in for an O2 sensor replacement, wich isn't that bad. In other news, the steering wheel was reupholstered with leather, and the steering coloumn was replaced to a newer version, which is tiltable. The one the car had originally was just straight. Since the screws of the ignition switches had to be pierced, it took some wizarding to replace the steering coloumn keeping the original ignition switch, but it worked.

Nice car, I like the color very much. How does it compare to the Nubira? Is it more comfortable, more reliable? What are the pros and cons compared to the Nubira?

English warning! Haha! That music CD brings back so many nostalgic tracks. Truly a time capsule. Good choice. Can you give me a link to the Polish site you order Daewoo parts from? I'm in search for both engine mounts, and I can buy both here in Hungary, but they're 143 Euros together, which I find a lot. Any future plans for updates or replacements for your Nubira?

I do, they said there's not any codes, and everything's fine. Although finding someone with a Scan-100 is quite hard nowadays (at least where I live).

Salutare! The exhaust pipe with the middle muffler has been replaced with thick metal that was protected. He ordered one from a muffler wholesaler, but the folding was leaking on the middle muffler, so the guy made it himself. Anyway, it looks nice. I took the car back from the mechanic yesterday. He said he didn't find anything wrong with the ignition, or the engine itself. The muffler puffing can be caused by either the injectors (injecting extra gas sometimes), or the catalytic converter, which sounds like it's empty. Other than the -becoming worse and worse- valve lifter sound, they didn't hear anything suspicous, and said that she drove "wonderfully" on the test drive. They replaced a coolant hose, and a crankcase vent tube because they were badly cracked (they showed them to me, I just didn't take pictures). Also he said that both the engine and transmission mounts are gone, but I will replace them later, as they don't cause heavy shaking, and both of them are quite expensive here 😭. (Together around 770 Leis converted to RON.) So next up is a catalytic converter replacement. And still want to arrange the upholsterer to make the shifter lever boot.