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alwigley

alwigley

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Nice new MOT certificate as of this morning - slight leak from exhaust, and new tailpipe rubber support easily fixed [:)] Now to figure out where the oil leak at the front of the engine is coming from [:mad:] Amazed at how clean she runs - emissions were a fraction of the limit......
 
Nice when they sail through like that! Oil is the bane of my life at the moment, having spent the thick end of £500 to get one leak sorted, I have found that it masked another leak.... I keep getting clouds of oil smoke from a leak dripping into my exhaust, I found it coming from my cam cover so had the gasket changed when it was in for it's MoT/Service, of course it is not advisable to re-tension an existing cam belt, so having had it done last year, I opted to have a new one, and oh, would sir like a new water pump whilst we are at it? Got the car back and whilst the rate of smoke is much reduced, I know think I have a leak from my head gasket...which could be an altogether much more expensive caper to fix.... I have to balance the cost of having it done against the risk of my head gasket getting worse and affecting the water/oil mix (it won't get any better!), the embaressment/smell of smoke pouring from under the bonnet in traffic jams and the small cost of keeping the oil topped up.....
 
ORIGINAL: Fat Albert I keep getting clouds of oil smoke from a leak dripping into my exhaust, I found it coming from my cam cover so had the gasket changed when it was in for it's MoT/Service, of course it is not advisable to re-tension an existing cam belt, so having had it done last year, I opted to have a new one, and oh, would sir like a new water pump whilst we are at it? Got the car back and whilst the rate of smoke is much reduced, I know think I have a leak from my head gasket...which could be an altogether much more expensive caper to fix....
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So another new cambelt will be fitted when the head gasket is done ?, not sure I understand why a recent cambelt can't be correctly re-tensioned. It's your money and up to you how you spend it but there does come a point when maybe a better car would cost less in the long run.
 
ORIGINAL: Fat Albert No, the new cambelt needs re-tensioning at 1500 miles, so I will have the work done co-incident with that
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Makes sense, wasn't a dig at you just wondering what TWG had advised, as for the better car comment that's just my opinion, if a car has a succesion of issues I lose all enthusiasm for it and usually change it.
 
The difference in cost between having the original cambelt taken off and put back on to change my cam-cover gasket versus having a new one put on was only about £80-100, the Water pump was an extra £200. I can't sell it in it's current condition, I need to get this issue and a murmuring bearing done...at that point it will be a fantastic car and I will want to keep it!! One of the previous owners, about 5 years ago, had a succession of 4 bills each between £2000-2800, so I think that less than half the car is 22 years old....
 
ORIGINAL: Fat Albert One of the previous owners, about 5 years ago, had a succession of 4 bills each between £2000-2800, so I think that less than half the car is 22 years old....
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Worth renewing the other half then.
 
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