I'm back, following my departure to the dark side because of the head gasket going, my fault, I should have fixed the HBV in time.
Funny thing is a did not realise the head gasket had gone, thought it was just the HBV finally giving up the ghost. So I got a new one
Bloody hell that was hard work fixing a new one, i have never struggled so much on any vehicle, car or bike, than fixing that dam thing, just about finished, lying horizontal across the bonnet and dropped a jubilee clip in the engine, why do they never hit the floor? I reached down with my arm in right up to the armpit, (19'' biceps, too much time in the gym) and just got hold of it, could I get my arm out? no! not sure if the arm swelled being low down or whether i could not replicate the twisting it took to get it in but I'm bloody stuck, flat out, face on the engine arse in the air, feet dangling over the bumper.
After I calmed down and stopped panicking it took me over half an hour and some serious bruises and scrapes to get out.
Three hours and every swear word in my vocabulary but it was done despite cuts and scrapes to hand, knuckles and arm and I was feeling rather proud of myself then I filled it up with water and watched as the level dropped and water spat out the exhaust, great head gasket gone.
So had to book it into the garage to get the head gasket done, If I had known they could have done the HBV whilst the head was off, Dam Dam Dam.
My mechanic could not get it in for a month, cannot afford Main dealers so I brought a old Mondeo 2.5 V6 Ghia+ as a temp vehicle, must say I was very impressed, electric everything a such a smooth power delivery compared to my underpowered 2ltr Omega and I kept it much longer than I thought I would.
I miss the V6 and the smooth power delivery but the Omega build quality is much better, I'm starting to think about a bigger Omega but the running costs put me off, been spoilt now tho :-/
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