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[sassanach]

why is head gasket failure not considered?

[omega3000]

why is head gasket failure not considered?

I dont know but theres no water loss and no bubbling in the exp tank 

[sassanach]

how many miles has this tub done?

[omega3000]

how many miles has this tub done?

122000

[sassanach]

you are in the ball park for hgf from approx 100,000, i would not be surprised if you removed the heads and found the fire rings intact and the rest has vamooosed!!

[omega3000]

you are in the ball park for hgf from approx 100,000, i would not be surprised if you removed the heads and found the fire rings intact and the rest has vamooosed!!

Im really not qualified to reply on that one but surely if the head gasket/s had gone there would substantial water loss . You may be right but sure someone will respond to weather it could be HG 

[sassanach]

well i would love to be proved wrong, but you seem to have covered everything else,have you had an exhaust gas in coolant  check?

[omega3000]

well i would love to be proved wrong, but you seem to have covered everything else,have you had an exhaust gas in coolant  check?

No , if that needs to be done at a garage its out of the question as i cant drive the car and wouldnt trust the local garages around here anyway to give an honest opinion .

[bored bigyin54]

I know what your saying , thing is ive thrown loads of money at this car and got it through its MOT and now im thinking is it worth fitting this water pump and then finding out its something else but the big question would be can it be anything else before is start and rip it to bits again  . Really having enough of repairing and fault finding every week 

thats the reason i got rid of mine i was throwing money at it i hope you get it solved 

[omega3000]

I know what your saying , thing is ive thrown loads of money at this car and got it through its MOT and now im thinking is it worth fitting this water pump and then finding out its something else but the big question would be can it be anything else before is start and rip it to bits again  . Really having enough of repairing and fault finding every week 

thats the reason i got rid of mine i was throwing money at it i hope you get it solved 

So do i ralf so do i  it seems its a multitude of things that is beginning to worry me esp if it is the HG 

[sassanach]

get your own
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLOCK-TESTER-KIT-FOR-GASKETS-CYLINDER-HEADS-BT500-/160684455155?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item25698a34f3

[bored bigyin54]

I know what your saying , thing is ive thrown loads of money at this car and got it through its MOT and now im thinking is it worth fitting this water pump and then finding out its something else but the big question would be can it be anything else before is start and rip it to bits again  . Really having enough of repairing and fault finding every week 

thats the reason i got rid of mine i was throwing money at it i hope you get it solved 

So do i ralf so do i  it seems its a multitude of things that is beginning to worry me esp if it is the HG 

i dont even know if webby got it running tidy yet my old one i mean

[sassanach]

head gaskets are not a big deal,shit load of dismantling but nothing terrible.

[omega3000]

head gaskets are not a big deal,shit load of dismantling but nothing terrible.

I can imagine the cost of parts though  then its more of a technical job than i could do so i would have to pay someone on top of that ...if it is the HG it just wont be financially viable to repair im afraid .

[sassanach]

about £75 worth of pattern parts would do it plus a fair bit of your time.