Niall's 2000 306 XS A.K.A Craig

[Niall]

That's the pug way though isn't it? If everything's gone to plan so far something bad is about to happen!!

Haha yep it is!
Things seem to be getting better now (famous last words!)
Got the new head bolt in with spacer this time and that torqued up really nicely unlike last time. The hole it made is bunged up. The part that broke through was about 1mm thick and the head bolt would of sat dead flush on top of it so I've pikey'd it up style and put a bit of PTFE tape on the bottom of the bolt to stop the water going back up the threads (not that it will be able to but just to be double sure.
Everything else is on now so just waiting on a water pump then can time it up and start it for the first time.....again!

Going to run it like that and then in a couple of thousand miles (assuming it lasts that long), take the water pump off and inspect the damage and see if it's still ok!

Also will be buying a new engine on Saturday so will be doing some work on that for a new project