Cam shaft looks in good condition. There seems to be some sort of coolant leak around the inlet; what should I look for to see if I should replace the whole flange? Garage suggested replacing what I think they said was the chain tensioner; but from what ive looked up the thing they showed me...

My garage just gets everything from Andrew Page, so while it's quality stuff, its really expensive.

Car is going in next week so my garage can take the head off and I'll take it to a local-ish guy who might be able to spark erode the original hole clean and skim the manifold. He does engine rebuilds and head refurb, so if he can't then I'll have to look at a refurbished head from somewhere...

Looks copper to me; surely that's really soft and inclined to fail? Or is that the point - the nuts fail and not the studs/head?

I'm more wary of that than I am of getting a replacement cylinder head tbh. No way to know what I'm getting, running the risk of things that I already had to get done on this one (like the turbo) going again. Not to mention all the other bits that I've done to this that I don't have the time to...

I'd still be missing one bolt altogether, so it's never going to seal until I can do something about the holes. As to the garage, they did the best they could with what it was at the time. They said they believed this should hold, but if it didn't then I'd need a new head.

So I'm already looking at £400-600 just for that even before I get anything done to fix the head. Plus I need some welding doing, and a pair of new tyres... This could easily leave me without a car at all; I'm gonna run out of credit cards to pay for any of it.

Nowhere near crazy enough to consider trying it myself at home haha. I'm pretty much a beginner with doing anything on my car. So far I've only changed the front brake disks myself. I do intend to get onto more; but I don't think this should be step two lol. How much work, time-wise, is...

So I'm thinking my best option now is to get her into the garage for them to get the head off. Then I can get someone in to have a proper look and see what can be done. If nothing much, then I'll have to go with one of those replacement heads.

Not sure what makes you think it has the same issue? The £325 is tested and (briefly) guaranteed; one of the others has a stud stuck; but that can be drilled out, unlike the original hole on mine due to the two drill bits broken and stuck in there.

What I mean is that if either is enlarged then they'll start to encroach on each other; or can one be plugged up to provide strength for the other?

That bodged stud is stripped now though, so it's offering no hold at all. My only chance to get anything significant done would be the last week in November, and I need the car for Christmas, as well as making deliveries most nights, and getting to appointments, including that last week in...

No, anything I could get done to it now will need the head removing anyway. So given that I have to get that done anyway, and I'm not confident that it's a guaranteed fix (especially with the extra hole that shouldn't be there) for the £200 I can get a second hand head for, I feel that's...

Absolutely, and I understand that. But he could have said it better. Much as he's most convenient for getting the manifold refaced, its not likely i'll actually take it there now. At this point the info I'm getting back says that it'll need spark eroding out of the hole, at a cost of over £200...

Well the place this morning was unhelpful, and to be honest pretty rude. Wasn't impressed by the guy's attitude at all. Instantly just said "not interested", as if me even asking was a waste of his time. Have tried messaging a few other places advertising cylinder head re-manufacturing in the...

Its bloody heavy enough lmao, but yes fair point. I was literally searching "machine shop", guess it pays to be more specific lol. One of those places opens early and is an easy detour on my way to work. I'll drop in for a chat in the morning; thanks!!

How wary would people be of any of these? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Td5-10P-Cylinder-head-Discovery-Defender-years-1998-2002-HRC2880/193105546202 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Td5-10P-Cylinder-head-Discovery-Defender-years-1998-2002/233028874625...

The issue remains the stuff stuck in the bottom of the original hole that they couldn't get out

Well I can only find one which I could cycle to, and only two others within about a half hour drive if I was to hire something else to get me there and back. In a city like York I did think there would be more and easier to get to. You can sort of see in the image that the lower right is a bolt...

Ah, shame haha. I'll find somewhere.