Essexboyinwales
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No idea yet but i fear more than the car is worth. Having said that i have waited years to own this model and one in this colour so the cost is not really the issue for me
biketeacherdave
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Long day and the recovery truck just got the RR to it's new home. The RAC somehow knew the RR had no MOT on it and made me pay £341.00 to get her homebut on the plus side the car has 2 key fobs @Datatek
No no no no its not defo a HG job the one I'm driving now was meant to be defo head gasket RAC man said so, guys spanner monkey said so cos he did a snif test iv got the bill from it.
They got a false reading from the sniff test due to having the wrong coolant in the engine in the first place turned out to be air locked......I won't go into it do a compression test check what colour coolant it has in it. Should be pink
Essexboyinwales
Member
Thank you for that knowledge I can confirm the coolant is not pink
biketeacherdave
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Next step compression test think you have a result that looks mint
Essexboyinwales
Member
I will get the comp test done this weekend and report back much appreciate the advice
You could be on to a real winner here @Essexboyinwales ;-)
Keep going. Everything is fixable.
Keep going. Everything is fixable.
Essexboyinwales
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Cheers @DanClarke
Essexboyinwales
Member
Thank you ...............have been reading your posts great workThe M62 is a pretty strong unit i wouldn't think it's HG as said above the wrong coolant can/will mess the readings up..
Failing that rebuilding them isn't too hard
Essexboyinwales
Member
Just had confirmation that it is HG failure after doing a compression test, so will be pulling the engine out after the holiday and doing a full rebuild and considering doing LPG conversion too. A big thanks to all members that have advised
1988smithy
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Good luck, keep a build thread going I'll watch
flat
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Yeah me toGood luck, keep a build thread going I'll watch
Datatek
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There is no such thing as a good Rangey
holidaychicken
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The RAC and AA check that via DVLA as a matter of course as I asked them about transporting an immobilised vehicle to the main dealer that had run out of MOT and they said it wasn’t covered by any policy. The break down cover is just that or they would have people shipping restoration cars all over the country for free.Long day and the recovery truck just got the RR to it's new home. The RAC somehow knew the RR had no MOT on it and made me pay £341.00 to get her home
holidaychicken
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The M62 coolant shouldn’t be pink as that’s OAT, although probably wouldn’t matter, should be blue or green, mine is inugel expert. I did a load of research into it but can’t remember why the OAT isn’t recommended but I think the main thing was to not mix the two. That might be old technology though
Essexboyinwales
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Henry_b
Think outside, no box required.
Hard to keep them clean in the workshop
