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[tunnie]

Might be able to get a '95 N Elite for £500, MOT 11 months left, some tax, 126k miles, looks in very good conidtion.

AT has same examples going for a grand, could i make money on it?

[tunnie]

grrr never mind, now they want £600. stuff that!!!

[Marks DTM Calib]

You could of made money if it needed nothing doing to it.....

[tunnie]

really? humm did't think i could get much more for it, just found out it has no tax now. Auction said it was being used dailey at the moment to the millage would be higher  :-?

My thoughts were, a good clean inside and out, and AT it for £995

[Admin]

The best way to make money on one is to pick one up that needs work, old favourites being gearbox failure (usually 2.5TD's) and oil cooler failure (wrongly diagnosed as head gasket on the V6).

[Markie]

theres money in a £600 elite

but i will get shot if i said you had to break it and sell it to make it back  

Unless its in real good condition it may not be worth the hassle for a few hundred.

Mind you i saw on autotrader through a central scotland dealer a

44k elite 3.0 v6 estate.....

Who wants to guess what they want for it?

[tunnie]

ohh pre-facelift i guess? 2.5k??

@ Laidback yeah i have seen many "Head Gasket" fails going on eBay, can i ask a daft question and say.... what is a head gasket!  

Can a V6 be driven with a HG fail?

[TheBoy]

probably not, certainly not far...

[tunnie]

probably not, certainly not far...

Hummm ah well, I take it an Auto can be towed if its put into Netruel?

[TheBoy]

not for far and not at any speed...

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its easy to disconnect the prop shaft and then you can tow an auto as far as you like...

And is surprising how far you can drive a car witha  failed headgasket, simply fill the header tank right up and dont put the lid on....then keep topping with water regularly.

The coolant system doesnt pressurise so the water loss is minimal and the escaping cylinder gases have a place to go....

[Markie]

Its easy to disconnect the prop shaft and then you can tow an auto as far as you like...

And is surprising how far you can drive a car witha  failed headgasket, simply fill the header tank right up and dont put the lid on....then keep topping with water regularly.

The coolant system doesnt pressurise so the water loss is minimal and the escaping cylinder gases have a place to go....

head gasket failure ( hgf) can be driven, as long as coolant is checked, topped up, Engine temperature is watched and its not hammered.

Recently had a rver 25 gti drive from glasgow to cardiff with, , , youve guessed it, HGF

[TheBoy]

Recently had a rver 25 gti drive from glasgow to cardiff with, , , youve guessed it, HGF

HG failure on a 1.8 K series? Surely not

[tunnie]

Its easy to disconnect the prop shaft and then you can tow an auto as far as you like...

And is surprising how far you can drive a car witha  failed headgasket, simply fill the header tank right up and dont put the lid on....then keep topping with water regularly.

The coolant system doesnt pressurise so the water loss is minimal and the escaping cylinder gases have a place to go....

head gasket failure ( hgf) can be driven, as long as coolant is checked, topped up, Engine temperature is watched and its not hammered.

Recently had a rver 25 gti drive from glasgow to cardiff with, , , youve guessed it, HGF

Ok ermm wow! thats opened some options!

This "header tank", this is the coolant tank? Left hand tank usually yellowy colour, & the stuff that gets really hot undernomal driving? do you fill it right up with coolant and then just water??

I take it when you get back you do a system flush?

[Markie]

yeah, would you believe it  

Something wrong with a k if it aint had HGF by 60000 miles.