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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: more x 4 on April 24, 2007, 17:09:55

Title: new car
Post by: more x 4 on April 24, 2007, 17:09:55

ok,i've gone and bought my first landy.....please don't laugh,it was very cheap
now,it's a 2.0 mpi with the T16 engine,and a blown head gasket. what i would like to know is.....what horrors await me,or is it easy enough to do?

Title: new car
Post by: bezzabsa on April 24, 2007, 17:27:05

rover 800 engine so if it goes wrong - find 1 in a local scrap yard and nick the head....

Title: Re: new car
Post by: markyd on April 24, 2007, 18:03:44

Quote from: "more x 4"

ok,i've gone and bought my first landy.....please don't laugh,it was very cheap
now,it's a 2.0 mpi with the T16 engine,and a blown head gasket. what i would like to know is.....what horrors await me,or is it easy enough to do?

Whats up with the paj james?

Title: new car
Post by: more x 4 on April 24, 2007, 21:07:50

long disaster story mark,i had a friend in more need than i,so she's gone to a good home :wink:
still miss her tho :roll:

Title: new car
Post by: JimsMowing on April 24, 2007, 21:28:44

Quote from: "bezzabsa"

rover 800 engine so if it goes wrong - find 1 in a local scrap yard and nick the head....

Rip your engine out and bosh in the 820 Vitesse engine!

Title: new car
Post by: more x 4 on April 24, 2007, 22:07:36

what about the 620T?

Title: Re: new car
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 25, 2007, 00:59:02

Quote from: "more x 4"

now,it's a 2.0 mpi with the T16 engine,and a blown head gasket. what i would like to know is.....what horrors await me,or is it easy enough to do?

It's not that bad, about a week working on my own to junk the 4 banger and heave in a lusty V8.