MG ZR: Cams & Maps

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Really peeved off as pretty sure the neighbour made things worse, to do the sniff test he took the expansion cap off and revv'd the engine a bit to blow out some coolant so it wouldn't be touching the sniffer. When I came out later on to check on the coolant after it had cooled there was nothing in the expansion bottle, topped it up and drove 15 minutes today to find it had gone from max to under min in that time. Driving home after topping it up saw a similar story

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Dad has already tried it on me
"only £30 and if dont work then it's your money back"
yes dad or £50 will get me a full headgasket set
"yea but something will break and then it'll cost you more and more"

Well it was project beat a '6? Failed that, then project get back 20bhp or get hgf trying im pretty sure the ponies haven't returned and hg has said f*ck it I'm off?

There a theme here? Lol

I really like it tbh mate you have done a lot with it, if you want it repairing and you arnt confident doing it yourself let me know or I could lend a hand

Could the hg have been failing all along hence 20 ponies have f*cked off?

Either way be a shame to chuck the towel in now unless you fancy a x power grey turbo derv that is

Appreciate the offer Danny problem is I'm all the way back south now although I do like xpower grey...but no I want to stay a petrol head just much more fun to drive

It could well have been that the HG has failed all this time hence the 20hp loss or the vvc cams were never timed right or something else..

shame to give up on it,

It is and I do love her more than the 306, I just need to be careful before I sink what money I have left into it and maybe not get a return on it
Especially since the brakes are now starting to squeek abit and pretty sure warped the discs at combe, maybe boiled the brake fluid too hence the amount i need to push the brake pedal

Also still no mayo

Also also how much would a skim be? and whats the chances I'll need it since the engine hasnt overheated or anything?