Originally Posted by madevelopments
Hello
The actual problem with the engine the head had gone soft and the gasket had eaten in to the head on the exhaust side, This would have happend over a long period of time with also left the gasket in poor condition, This was easily seen upon looking at the gasket and head,
Nobody was to blame the only way you would have seen this was to remove the head and inspect it,
Every head I work on is always hardness tested even if it is new, I have only seen this type of fault on 3 ocassions.
Mark
Thanks for looking at it Mark,
Your comments are appreciated,
When fitted the engine sounded sweet as a nut, as i said to maria at the time she picked it up, I think that the engine was a fair price for what came with it, T34 etc....... her original engine was completely scrap so she had a descision to make, on paper the engine supplied was just the job, Lady Luck Wasn't on your side i'm affraid
Can we stick with the facts though please......
