This is great therapy. I have now rebuilt the block and as you can see working on heads. I have loads of pics of the rebuild and will post pics when I have time for those that are interested. This car is like a poker tournament and I'm all in now and spent double what the car is worth

No comment :)

Thanks @holidaychicken advice appreciated i have the donor block stripped down and all seems good and now have something to work with, I have the vanos repair kit carbon teflon rings and o- rings etc and new timing chain and guides which i got from Beisan Systems.I will at some point rebuild...

Removed heads from donor engine 3 am this morning and all looks good so far :) Good advice with the non return valve in block it was in a desperate state. I suppose it would be wise to have this donor block tested ? Thanks again. The other half said it is a firm NO to the coffee table idea :D

Plan B it is then and will use a spare engine i already have, hope that has a serviceable block I took a punt and brought it out of a scrapper that i never heard running

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That makes perfect sense thanks for the explanation

I feared as much and will address whatever it takes to move forward. I have a question and without sounding stupid can you explain how it would affect the running / performance please ? the reason i ask the car ran perfectly before the engine was pulled apart to investigate coolant leak. TIA

Is that another word for fecked @DanClarke :eek:

This bore is the only one that i have concerns with ? all the others are in good condition

Thanks again yes i will post up a pic of the bores for advice, will do to the non return valve in block cheers for now

Among the mountain of invoices for work the previous owner had done it seems the head gaskets were done back in 2016 at a cost of over 2k

Thanks for that advice much appreciated i do have concerns about one bore :eek: but as a backup plan i have a donor block

That would have been much cheaper ;)