Wednesday 20th Feb
Big backward step unfortunately
yesterday was the day that the Saxo had to depart for home from the place which we'd been doing the work in. As we'd been able to use the place for no charge, customer cars were due in to take space which the Saxo had occupied.
Although the engine was running fine and should have been ready to drive home there was still a bad oil leak which needed to be dealt with. It was unclear as to where it was coming from and needed to be looked at before setting off.
The oil was running down the front side of the engine on the drivers side (Alternator/cambelt cover territory)
hoping for something simple the alternator + belt was removed and the bracket which it attaches to to give more vision of the area mentioned above.
Enough charge was in the battery to fire the engine up and wait for the leak.
The result:
Alll was clear for a couple of minutes and then it came, almost as if a tap had been turned on....from..
The front corner of the head gasket!!! Sh*t!
As the head/bottom end and sump had been put together with new gaskets and parts and the timing setup correctly by a reputable local company a phonecall needed to be made...
Theyve accepted the fault and the cars going there tomorrow afternoon. When itll be back home again and fixed, im unsure..hopefully wont be long.