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i bought a 89 lx festiva automatic it was fine but now it has giving me alot of problems i really like the car but i had to replace the distributor also been having an oil leak problem i constanlly have to be putting oil also i took it to a mechanic and he said one of my cylinders was busted so now im running on 3 so sad does anyone know of a good mechanic for these cars? in los angeles cali please let me know im looking to fix this lil car very nice
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Welcome to the forum festivakid. Whats your location ? We will get you sorted out.sigpic
The Don - Midwest Festiva Inc., Missouri Chapter
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^^ For some reason I have a feeling he's in LA, but I could be wrong
We have a few members in Cali, someone may be able to recommend a good mechanic or even take a look at the car with you and help you figure out what all needs done to it. Oh, and WELCOME!Originally posted by festivakid View Post
No festiva for me ATM...Comment
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Welcome to the site.An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.Comment
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welcome!!!!!1992 white L, Bp, American racing 13's, stock trans.
1991 White L, BP/F5MR, protege header, full aspire swap with gr2's, seats, and sway bar, 15" konig's, short throw, escort console.
1991 blue L, 5 speed.
1988 red L-plus-all stock.Comment
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hahaha thank you and actually yes iam from L.aComment
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Well you gotta Start somewhere so where are you leaking oil from? Just follow the trail of oil and you will find out where it's coming from.
Did you ask the what he meant by a "busted cylinder"? Does the car overheat or anything?1992 white L, Bp, American racing 13's, stock trans.
1991 White L, BP/F5MR, protege header, full aspire swap with gr2's, seats, and sway bar, 15" konig's, short throw, escort console.
1991 blue L, 5 speed.
1988 red L-plus-all stock.Comment
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is there a loss of compression, is that injector firing? is it a bad plug/wire? highly doubt you have a "busted cylinder" or a busted piston (though it is possible).Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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welcome to the site but take it from me dude. DIAGNOSE BEFORE YOU REPLACE. i have spent a good chunk of change and still cant get my festy to start. just take your time and quadrouple(spellcheck?!?) check everythingComment
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Welcome to the site. I guess the first order of business would be a compression test to see how it looks. Then see if you can tell where the oil is coming from.91 Festiva GL "Scrat"
82 Honda Goldwing GL1100i
85 BMW 535is "Brunhild"Comment
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looks like im gona ave to sell it cos something came up financially and i was really looking foward to fix this lil car nice
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