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If the head has been skimmed, I wonder if it has been reassembled with the valve clearances too tight - leading to the valves not closing properly, leading to low compression. Low compression = less oxygen in the cylinder but if the injectors are still squirting in the normal amount of fuel, this co...

Websites like Car Builder Solutions (https://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/) who specialise in providing parts for kit car builders can supply things like flexi pipes in various sizes - I put one on my MGC's stainless exhaust. https://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/flexible-exhaust-tubing As for th...

Could I just take this opportunity to say thanks to everyone involved with getting these key components remade? The 800 is now a very rare car and your efforts are helping to keep them on the road

looks tidy enough as a project

Very often,the best option is to get one custom made - ideally from stainless steel. The companies that do it may not be much more expensive than buying online

Some people mock the Haynes manuals, but they're a damned useful tool

RIP

I won't mention my peak of 32C, then!

However, it does mean that I'm driving around in a Swedish-Finnish car with the roof down

We have a desert thunderstorm

I would have thought that a turbo inlet debris net would need to be so fine that it would be quite restrictive to the airflow

I've tried the Insignia - it's horrible. Almost everything about it was annoying - poor visibility, terrible mirrors, generally ugly, lot's of VERY annoying "safety"features.

I'm always impressed by the quality of your metal fabrication, Jim

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Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:59 am

I think the pump failed as in it stopped circulating water - probably the impeller separating from the shaft.

Certainly not unheard of

At least its a reasonably robust T series, not a fragile KV6 - which means a chance that a gasket (plus perhaps head skim) may see you back in action

Mind you, if you want to understand why the P6 was so lacking in style, you only have to look at the hairstyle and clothes worn by its designer, David Bache.

The point of a VDP is that they were coachbuilt, in a separate factory, by the same kind of craftsmen that created Rolls Royces and Bentleys. This applies to every VDP up to the Maestro/Montego. The base car was just a canvas upon which the artists performed their magic. Hand stictched Wilton carpet...