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[feeutfo]

Mine has mayo in the filler cap but i do 2 miles a day at the most, ile be driving it to London from shropshire wensday so that will give it a run.

Sorry to see this and hopfully you get it sorted.

BTW how much of a rare case is it for the Headgaskets to go on these ?

Only seen 2 on here, since joining 9 months ago, on a v engine.
Usually they are miss diagnosed due to oil cooler/water leaks. Cause for HG failure seems to be coolent turning acidic if the service schedule is not followed afaik. As in this case it looks rather dull, unless the exhaust gases have turned it that colour from its usual bright florescent pink?

Is the coolent history known?

Probably not at the front of Bens thoughts at the moment. As said, sorry to see this...

[benbrunt]

Cheers for all your help guys, Elite Pete is buying her from me, so you may end up getting bits of her when she's broken

[benbrunt]

Mine has mayo in the filler cap but i do 2 miles a day at the most, ile be driving it to London from shropshire wensday so that will give it a run.

Sorry to see this and hopfully you get it sorted.

BTW how much of a rare case is it for the Headgaskets to go on these ?

Only seen 2 on here, since joining 9 months ago, on a v engine.
Usually they are miss diagnosed due to oil cooler/water leaks. Cause for HG failure seems to be coolent turning acidic if the service schedule is not followed afaik. As in this case it looks rather dull, unless the exhaust gases have turned it that colour from its usual bright florescent pink?

Is the coolent history known?

Probably not at the front of Bens thoughts at the moment. As said, sorry to see this...

Not know prior to me owning her, she's had halfords antifreeze in whilst I've had her the last 6 months

[feeutfo]

Cheers for all your help guys, Elite Pete is buying her from me, so you may end up getting bits of her when she's broken

Thought i saw one circling over head. You dont fancy fixing it then? Exhaust manifold studs can be a mare, other than that...? Many miles on it?

[benbrunt]

I need something reliable to get back and forth to work in. She's a beauty, 132k miles with all the toys 'cept sat nav.

Can't spend the time to get her fixed unfortunately

[Elite Pete]

Cheers for all your help guys, Elite Pete is buying her from me, so you may end up getting bits of her when she's broken

Thought i saw one circling over head. You dont fancy fixing it then? Exhaust manifold studs can be a mare, other than that...? Many miles on it?

What do you mean by that?

[feeutfo]

Cheers for all your help guys, Elite Pete is buying her from me, so you may end up getting bits of her when she's broken

Thought i saw one circling over head. You dont fancy fixing it then? Exhaust manifold studs can be a mare, other than that...? Many miles on it?

What do you mean by that?

Big wing span, bald head, hooked beak?  

[benbrunt]

Nah not at all, Pete was going to do the work for a decent rate. He's saved me the hassle of having to stick her on ebay or the like. Shame, but shit happens

[Elite Pete]

Nah not at all, Pete was going to do the work for a decent rate. He's saved me the hassle of having to stick her on ebay or the like. Shame, but shit happens

Thanks Ben

[feeutfo]

Nah not at all, Pete was going to do the work for a decent rate. He's saved me the hassle of having to stick her on ebay or the like. Shame, but shit happens

Thanks Ben

[MutantCav]

Hi Ben, the oil cooler was booked to be replaced because?? Was it leaking oil into the coolant?? Was the car over heating?? I ask because if so, were you still using it with it over heating?? This is probably the main reason for HG failure...continued use while overheating due to oil cooler or water pump failure...

I have had 2 HG failure engines out of about 20 cars broken for parts...

[Markie]

Mine has mayo in the filler cap but i do 2 miles a day at the most, ile be driving it to London from shropshire wensday so that will give it a run.

Sorry to see this and hopfully you get it sorted.

BTW how much of a rare case is it for the Headgaskets to go on these ?

Its only the second or third i`ve seen in 4 years.....very very rare!

[TheBoy]

Mine has mayo in the filler cap but i do 2 miles a day at the most, ile be driving it to London from shropshire wensday so that will give it a run.

Sorry to see this and hopfully you get it sorted.

BTW how much of a rare case is it for the Headgaskets to go on these ?

Its only the second or third i`ve seen in 4 years.....very very rare!

We had a handful of 1998 3.0l go - mine included - but that was coolant leaking to outside...

[Markie]

Mine has mayo in the filler cap but i do 2 miles a day at the most, ile be driving it to London from shropshire wensday so that will give it a run.

Sorry to see this and hopfully you get it sorted.

BTW how much of a rare case is it for the Headgaskets to go on these ?

Its only the second or third i`ve seen in 4 years.....very very rare!

We had a handful of 1998 3.0l go - mine included - but that was coolant leaking to outside...

Aye yours was one of the ones i was thinking of, was there not also a mammoth thread on a rebuild by MDTM on a car that was then crashed....sure it ran to like 25 pages long  

[TheBoy]

Mine has mayo in the filler cap but i do 2 miles a day at the most, ile be driving it to London from shropshire wensday so that will give it a run.

Sorry to see this and hopfully you get it sorted.

BTW how much of a rare case is it for the Headgaskets to go on these ?

Its only the second or third i`ve seen in 4 years.....very very rare!

We had a handful of 1998 3.0l go - mine included - but that was coolant leaking to outside...

Aye yours was one of the ones i was thinking of, was there not also a mammoth thread on a rebuild by MDTM on a car that was then crashed....sure it ran to like 25 pages long  

Allenm's old car? That was a cambelt failure, fixed, then failed again a few weeks later (hence Allenm now drives a Jag).  MDTM now owns that car...