Hi,
I bought the car in Bradford.
I bought the car in Bradford.
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to the forum, Richard.
Thanks guys.
Hi Tony,
I have spoken to the garage this morning and they appear to be replacing most of the gaskets which requires engine removal. They have quoted 16 - 22 hours for the work. They are going to provide a detailed list of work on Monday.
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Wow, that’s a lot of work. If that is what they do and there are no issues afterwards I guess it’s wait and see. I hope they include a total clean of the block in that, ie they remove the engine and power clean it before stripping it. I would be tempted to ask for photo updates for that kind of money, or,they allow you to go and have a look.
Tony.
Tony.
Hard to believe that it needs that much work. If I were you I would take Tony's advice clean it off & see if you can work out where its leaking from yourself first. If that's not possible perhaps there is a forum member close by who could have a look & give you some advice before you commit to having that much work done.
Thanks,
Sounds like very good advice.
Hi Richard, and welcome
Hopefully will see you about, I'm in Saffron Waldon
Sean
Hopefully will see you about, I'm in Saffron Waldon
Sean
Thanks Sean,
Might need to ask you for good parts suppliers for the Z.
No problems,
Most general servicing items I source through local factors, anything specific tho, I generally tend to search for.
What are the garage actually doing ?
Most general servicing items I source through local factors, anything specific tho, I generally tend to search for.
What are the garage actually doing ?
They are talking about removing the engine. I
will ask them to steam clean the engine to pinpoint exactly where the leak is. The car has had a lot of engine maintenance in the past including a new head in 2019.
will ask them to steam clean the engine to pinpoint exactly where the leak is. The car has had a lot of engine maintenance in the past including a new head in 2019.
Just out of interest is the engine a M44 (dohc) or m43tu (sohc) ?
Normally I would only pull a head if I suspected a head gasket , ie creamy oil, expansion tank bubbling , build up of pressure in coolant hoses.
So I'm assuming that's the reason there doing that, not to bad on a 8v head, say £40 for skim and labour to remove and install, m44 bit more involved, being dohc
Normally I would only pull a head if I suspected a head gasket , ie creamy oil, expansion tank bubbling , build up of pressure in coolant hoses.
So I'm assuming that's the reason there doing that, not to bad on a 8v head, say £40 for skim and labour to remove and install, m44 bit more involved, being dohc
Pretty sure it's an 8v as it's a base 1.9.
M43 then, I have one of those, plus a mk 1 pre face-lift version
Would the car start overheating if it was a head gasket failure?
Temperature is bang in the middle of the gauge.
Temperature is bang in the middle of the gauge.
1/ if you had a head gasket failure, your car would defo start to overheat..!!
2/ seems odd that you drove it 180 miles and not overheating, obviously you are going on what garage have said to you.
3/ think I would be looking for signs of coolant loss on block, check for exhaust gasses in expansion tank, the possibility of loose head bolts, before I engaged in invasive surgery..!!
2/ seems odd that you drove it 180 miles and not overheating, obviously you are going on what garage have said to you.
3/ think I would be looking for signs of coolant loss on block, check for exhaust gasses in expansion tank, the possibility of loose head bolts, before I engaged in invasive surgery..!!
OK thanks Sean.