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................ but I am pretty sure theres not meant to be water in this bit




hopefully its just a head gasket, if the head is shot I am seriously considering turfing the grey and going red. Bloody grey motors

Its those headers.

They always cause water to sit on the pistons.

Chucking them out will solve your problem.

I can trade you for a standard exhaust manifold if you like.

WOT, you are too kind , but if they are that much trouble I will just cut them up with my trusty 9" grinder to save anyone else going through this grief ............. no need to thank me - I am just doing my bit to help keep these old girls on the road

It kindof looks blown in two spots...between 2&3 and between 4&5

See the angle the genny is on ? the bottom bolt fell out and it got hot , hopefully not hot enough to fry the head, bloody thing owes me over a large - if I need to get another head done I can smash a red together for less than that and I wont need to worry about flogging it too hard ever again

Genny angle is the fault of those damn headers, too.

wot179 wrote:Genny angle is the fault of those damn headers, too.

True ????

That's it - they are coming off , getting chopped up with the 9" and then beaten into dust with a 14lb sledgey

and here is me thinking should i give a grey another shot evidence points to no

Live on the edge, Mick

Just think how boring and dull life would be if you didn't have to keep fixing your grey motors.

my biggest issue is spending money before i start atleast steel timing gear and waterpump

Keep the grey I recon. Hopefully not a cracked head, but there still are enough around I used a cracked head to stop the car rolling back while I took out my 161 and put back in a grey on the weekend.

I am going to drop it off today and get it crack tested and checked for straight , will see what happens - I would rather keep the grey as its less work but I am not going to rebuild another one if its knackered - they are too expensive.

How did you go?

Havent heard from them yet , if I get a chance I will head down and see them - I have a sneaking suspicion they have subbied out the job