Originally Posted by
mar_k
nice one john, ive been told about the plastic impeller.
ill give it a good check over.
is there a way to tell if the one of the headgaskets has gone or due to go?
some one told me to blip the throttle and listen for a rattle or clicking noise
Head gasket's TBF are pretty strong esp at that "genuine 56k" mile's fella

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I ragged mine every day to the limiter and sold it 2 year's ago now to a mate and it is still running super with 160k
Strong as
But noises certainly listen for anyway

Esp from engine bay a mate bought a 24 estate and engine mount broke a week later only had 60k on it