Must have had bad luck with mine. I got 1st aftermarket one from Rimmers, that worked fine for a week then started kicking in the ABS under normal breaking & quite scary. Then got one from Allmakes that again lasted 3 weeks before failing outright. Was starting to think I had other issues &...

I'd get it proper diagnostics to see the fault. Had an ongoing issue with mine & was a wheel sensor. All I would say is if it is a wheel sensor get a proper Wabco as aftermarket are useless.

Ok, at least the bolts haven't slacked off. When I had the heads skimmed they also skimmed the manifold face to compensate as the last time I did the heads it was a pig to line up & my failures were always blowing into the valley so I did suspect whether the inlet manifold was lifting the...

Passed MOT....no advisories :):):)

Good point. Mine is a top hat block so block faced off & i'm also running higher compression with 4.0l pistons. Skimmed heads on last HG change may have pushed it too far with compression. Would certainly check the torques though. Easier on a gems than thor I believe.

Sounds very very similar to my issue. Did mine up to 95NM as suggested as the ARP spec is crazily high. Have you tried torqueing them up again to check they haven't loosened off. That's the next job on mine.

I've always used Elring as these or Reinz are supposed to be the best. However, I have a history of failed HG so read into that what you will, although mine appears to be a block problem. I had to drill out my holes for the dowels in the head last time as they didn't feel like they were seating...

Great result....& well done Turners....another P38 saved from the scrappers! :)

Sounds like you have a good argument to Turners then. Keep us posted. Would be good to see them step up to sort this.

I do feel for you fella, Am i right in thinking this was a fully assembled engine supplied by Turners & just fitted by your mechanic? If so,seems to me it's down to Turners to sort out. They cant really point the finger at incorrectly assembly done elsewhere.

+1 used to use Island for most things but started getting dodgy parts & they just don't want to know.

I feel your pain! Mine wasn't a Turner engine although I wish I had gone for a full engine from Turners as i've heard nothing but praise for them so far... I got all my bits for the engine rebuild from Turners (Cam, Followers, Push Rods, Oil Pump Gears, gaskets etc) & have had no problem with...

Cheers fella, that's very kind. I'm going to give it all a good flush through, check the rad & see how I get on with refilling tomorrow.

Hi Mark, My temp gauge works as it should so i'm assuming all is good with the sensor. Still seems odd that the engine seems hot but the gauge stays at 12 once warmed up. Would this explain a cold bottom of the rad though? No issues with torque converter to mention.

Will give it a go this week Dave, Both pipes feel hot...although i'm sure i'm getting a blast of cold air when cornering from somewhere, but with hand over central vent cornering all i get is hot air. :(

Hi Mate, I'll give the heater matrix pipes a flush through to get rid of any air locks there. I filled the rad from the top hose until it was coming out of both the bleed pipe on the rad & the return pipe from the lower intake so was sure of no air locks there. Ran without expansion cap on for...

Thanks, Will have another look at the rad & bottom hose. The rad did feel like the heat was equally getting cooler towards the bottom as if the lack of out flow was causing the hotter water to stay at the top of the rad. PS, whats best way to run without thermostat, do I need to butcher my old one?

Hi All, Hope your all suitably stuffed & fed up of turkey by now. So, I have a cooling issue since doing the head gaskets : After re-filling / burping out any air etc it will idle / drive as normal. Engine warms up to operating temp in the usual time & needle stays at 12 0 clock. However...

The Vogue SE shares many specifications with the Westminster (upgraded sound system, Colour coded wood trim, chrome pack etc over the standard Vogue). The Oxford leather & wood steering wheel were still an optional extra. However, I do think the Vogue SE was the best equipped 'as standard' model...

Likewise Adam, all the best to you (& the new addition) & all on LZ. May 2017 allow the skin to grow back on our knuckles, the scars on our forearms to heal over.......& indeed our head gaskets to stay tight (i'm asking too much of the last one i know).