got my battery today....thanks for saving me £25!

Will invest in full membership payday

with the 15% discount the 063 comes to £35....massive difference.....just need to think of a excuse for my local MF as I asked them to put one to one side for me...ive got to go there today to pick up a cambelt kit

£54.01 for a bosch from ECP....it will cost me a fiver to pick it up plus I run the risk of breaking down on route

I pick up a new one from my local MF sunday...£60...not too bad

Wonder what job will crop up next?

Cheers

The link with the cold water makes sense...ill get it changed. Thanks

Hi Ian

Its at least 3+3/4 years old...why would that affect the starting issue?

All other electrics (apart from plugs) are at least this old....many much much older no doubt!

cheers

Hello all

So ive just been sat out in the cold waiting for green flag to start my car (dispite only being 5 mins from home!)

So I drive to tesco...all good...do some shopping get in car starts fine....pulling away she dies...completley!

It was almost like the battery had lost complete power and ...

Started dismantling the head today and upon draining the water I noticed it had an oily sheen to it.


It alsways had a little leak but got a hell of alot worse when the new cam was fitted.

It was an elring head gasket that was used as a replacement.

Ill get the head off tomorrow...my dad suggests using engineers blue on glass to note high or low spots on the head.

Ill take note of any leaks on the gasket. The fact that she was cream in the rocker cover suggests an water leak aswell ...

quick update...had the rocker cover off yesterday to check the torque on the head and for the first time ever a nice piece of white cream cheese was waiting for me in the rocker cover. didn't get the riveta out but gave it a good clean. re tourqued the head bolts to spec and leak still persists ...

had that changed when i had dx cam put on my ex engine (big oil leak developed soon after this, not a coincidence!)

its a big ass leak between the block and head at about head bolt 10 (top left) going from the haynes manual.

Rocker gasket is dry.

Ill try to get a picture of the area but the space to view it from is only an inch wide.

Thanks for the reply.

Also shes running like a bag of shit...

Ive uploaded a 30 sec video of it....the exhaust splutters quite bad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFW_XvXy ... e=youtu.be

Ideas on a post card please!

Hello all

Im not sure on how to proceed with this issue next.

Last sat I had my head gasket replaced due to a fairly hefty oil leak (aprox 100mls oil in 5 min tick over).

My "family" who we have used with great success for 20+ years assured me that the head gasket was the issue (oddly enough ...

Well my mechanic measured them both with calipers and says they are exactly the same!

Good way to waste my cash