Q: wont start loss of power

asked by on October 05, 2016

good day i was driving my car and started hearing a like ticking noise like happy tappets but its not that then it got louder after a week i drove about 5 km then it started losing power i just made it home turned it off the next day try starting it and nothing it looks like i dont have comprehension on cilender 1 but not sure any ideas what this could be its getting petrol i put some it by the carb slowly as i tryed starting but did not run ?

My car has 220000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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