Hi,
Im new to the forum.
I recently bought a 1999 westcoast which was going to scrapped. Ive repaired all it failed on when it was MOT'd except the high emmisions.
I changed the lamdba but it was still running rough. I then noticed the sound of running water behind the dash and also the smell of petrol in the oil and mayonaise on the oil cap. It all hinted at the head gasket so I pulled it off today to change it on the chance it was leaking.
Although the head gasket had no obvious signs of damage the pistons have marks on them where it looks like the valves (inlet i think) has been hitting. I have attachd pics of the marks. Do the 1.4 pistons have cut outs for the valves? You can see in the pic of the head the valves have a mark on the top edge where you can see where they have had contact although they dont look to be damaged and am unsure if i should refit the head and hope for the best or get a new one.
The engine itself was running quite lumpy at idle and when driving was low on power/hessitating at higher revs. Could the timing belt have jumped a tooth?
Any info much appreciated, thanks for looking
Daniel