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dred
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:46 pm

Went drifting and the car just stoped . water and oil mixed.

I think its may be the head gaskit or cracked head and i
Just noticed that there is rust under the gas peadl.mot falure?

I fucking pissed whats my options
replacement engine
fix rust and so on

or
just scrap it

ITS A D REG MTEC 1 SILVER
Bob_S
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:48 pm

where abouts are you in the country? this might be what i'm looking for
Bollocks to this 24v scrap!
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:51 pm

sounds like head gasket to me and a bill for minimum Ԛ£500 to get fixed unless you know someone.

Options depend on overall condition of car. Break it or sell it, dont scrap it if it boils down to it.
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:57 pm

you say dont scrap it ye? but hting about it - at least 500 quid to fix? an that sif the cracking hanst completely fucket your head AND your bored, becuase water is not good on the bored at all especially if you leave it sitting tehre even for small amouts of time

also, a tec one silver could break for nearly 1500 anyway probably more, add this to the 500 quid that it would have cost you to fix an youv got yoruself a another sport probably inbetter condition?

jstu my way of thinking, probbaly converted a bit by too much time reading jonB and pacers threads, btu they make sense!
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:00 pm

dont scrap it!!
silver tech ones are hard yo come by

it worth spending the money on it
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dred
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:13 pm

i MADE A mistake i would break it or get it fixed

This car has taken up so much of my time .
I really dont want to give up on it.

This weekend i will go and have a look at her.
Take out all the carpets and side skirts to see how far gone she is
in to the world of rust
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:25 pm

my m8t had a rust hole in his passengerside footwell about the size of a 5p and it was a failure. dont no if it would be a failure if it was just rusty.
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Post Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:29 pm

Thanks for the suppport any one got a good engine for sale.

what do u think 3.5