I feel like a blown headgasket is the go to diagnostic of these cars. I was told very much the same many years ago and it was a split water pipe and a dodgy MAF sensor. Took about 10 minutes for someone with knowledge to diagnose.
The best specialist in the country isn’t far from the places you’re taking. I also would assume that you must of paid more than tuppence for the car as they aren’t cheap these days. It’s got to be worth getting an expert to give it the once over. If it is dead, I recon he will even have a good contact for getting rid of that’s the case.
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Stephen ·
How much am I looking at to pay for a garage to do a complete engine swap??
Seen a couple of engines on ebay but they are like £1200, good prices or not??
Trying to decide whether to chuck a load of money at the car or cut my losses and sell as spares or repairs.