Now back with me in sunny South Blackheath. Found many faults stored from scan with my iCarsoft after return from Peterboro -- just cleared them all to see what comes back They found rear brake pad material disintigrated -- changed for new pads -- but brakes now feel spongy. Mech says disks...

Cleaned up the old one, clearing all the galleys, new crank, I assume shells, gudgeons, rings presumably outsize ones fitted. Couldn't get my heads done due to workshop closedown so he fitted pair already "honed" and skimmed ones from someone's stock. Cost a few hundred quid more, but if I ever...

Yes, the whole VAG group (don't think Seat is in north America) showed itself eventually to stink. Even mid-to High-end Hyundai shows them up nowadays. Btw tFSI = belt, TSI = chain. Faulty tensioners on both. When I had my belts done at 50k had to force the shop to change tensioner: "...but...

Just had some dispatches by runner from the front line. M62 starting re-build. New crank, replacement second-hand heads skimmed and "re-honed" (whatever that means). Don't quite know how I'm going to get up to Peterboro to collect though given latest mumbles suggesting "lock down"...

Had a VW Passat SEL tFSI 2.0L that VW Racing re-chipped to increase from 190 to 236bhp on dyno Added a few bits from the USA to make it go with some reliability but there were still basic design flaws that they described me that, if left unattended would reduce engine life. Didn't drive it...

Popular or not, still don't think 5mm between adjacent cylinders in an alu block's a good idea. Mebe engine heads in here think it is? When I get it back, I'll treat it like the highly strung tart she is. Deutsche Ingenieurskunst? It's a myth:confused: Jag's XK series went on for years...

AFAIK there's only no8 as bad as that pictured. He's going to check out the lump first before committing. Haven't heard since. The M62 was also used in the 735i and 835i (?) Dunno, not up on Beamers -- a lot of car unnecessarily complicated for a small cabin

Nikasil is a spray-on process AFAIK. Not only Jag but others went that way too. They're fine so long as that engine's not been run on sulpher content petrol that was phased out in UK in 2000. Last region I'm told was the northeast. But prices for '00MY and earlier X308, either 3.2 and 4.0L...

I've seen Jaguar XJ8 (AJV8) stripped down after over 180k with bores in better condition than those at 115k And I'm not a mechanic. The debate (I wasn't involved) was then whether to change the liners or not. Unlike with this BMW M62 telling that they've gotta be changed whether I like it or...

Thanks for the encouragment -- appreciated -- asked about the liners but re-builder says can't get new parts at the moment due to suppliers being closed.

Yes. Had to eliminate the lowest-cost possibilities first. The more of those I did, the better its cooling became until about 250 to 350 miles could be done before a sudden catestrophic loss of coolant: viscous fan coupling, lower temperature mechanical thermostat, proper bleed procedure, LPG...

Aha! I've heard of arguements that LPG combusts at a higher temperature without any difference in force produced. Some have gone on to wibble that there's effects on valves because of this. I'm not a mechanic. But here's some more pix from someone who's daily job is to rebuild BMW engines...

Coz Vikki Butler-Henderson said it was a wonderful car: https://www.questod.co.uk/show/fifth-gear/video/season-28-episode-2/EHD_258235 Besides which, when petrol runs out LPG will still be there so I'll still be able to tool around in the predicted dystopian nightmare. My followers and I will...

... we'rrre all dooomed Capt. Mainwaring, dooomed we arrre

My M62 was converted to dual fuel by Tasso Autogas approved installer September '09 (Prins system) at 75k. I bought at 114k. The previous annual mileages from new were never more than 9k having done 51k in its first three years. Not excessive mileage IMO. So must assume no heating problems...

The only thing I had done was the LPG vaporiser's barrier rubber membrane change out. Must say that, together with using the proper purging procedure to ensure no air locks in the water jacket did seem to help and gave about 250 to 350 miles of use before needing to be purged again. There also...

Chucked in a dozen eggs, got a half decent omlette. It went up to Peterborough and has today reached the top of this BMW engine re-builder's queue. Total rebuild, all worn parts replaced, it'll have a one year warranty. He said there was a small head gasket leak which is why the fault was...

L322 with M62 coolant system total capacity 17.3L, capacity for flush & refill 13L One bottle of K-Seal 8.36 fl.oz (236ml) They say on their web site enough for a 20L system Listed for use with all Glycol-based coolants Best found eBay price £8.99 delivered from...