Hello everybody...I have just joined the forum, primarily due to me having bought a 1989 944 S2.....


I bought the car at the beginning of the year, and spent £1000 on having all of the belts and engine seals replaced, plus a few other bit and pieces... the car ran very well after this....but has largely sat on the driveway....
I have occasionally taken it for very short runs locally, but a very uncooperative gear shift spoils the fun....anyway, I started it about 10 days ago and took it for a short drive, and it pulled very well.....I then started it a few days ago, and again it ran well, so I took it on a short blast...everything seemed fine.
When I got it home, I let it idle...it ran for almost 10 mins, then cut out.....when I restarted it, it wouldn't idle, and kept fluctuating between 600 rpm and 2000rpm...
When I attempted to start it the next day, it fired up, but then would not respond to the throttle...a slight noise from the bottom end, but not horrendous..now it wont fire up...
There is no coolant loss, and just very minor mayo in the oil filler.....no mayo in the dipstick....
I am not that mechanically proficient, but my guess initially when it wouldn't idle was the head gasket had gone...my logic being that it was losing compression, as it would not idle properly...either that or a problem with a valve....
I just wondered what others might think?
cheers
Bal