General Scrap or repair?

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General Scrap or repair?

Gazzamikes

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Head gasket went today... catastrophically smells of burning etc. I'm in two minds as whether to repair the van or scrap it.

It has a full mot as of last week, has done 120k, 56 plate 1.6.

Body work fairly clean, little bit of rust on the back of sills but in the engine bay the top of strut mounts are seriously rusty and the engine bay in general is quite rusty.

Would it be worth dropping a new engine in or just get another van?
 
Head gasket went today... catastrophically smells of burning etc. I'm in two minds as whether to repair the van or scrap it.

It has a full mot as of last week, has done 120k, 56 plate 1.6.

Body work fairly clean, little bit of rust on the back of sills but in the engine bay the top of strut mounts are seriously rusty and the engine bay in general is quite rusty.

Would it be worth dropping a new engine in or just get another van?

why did the HG go.. are you also in need of cooling work..?

strut mounts tend to be water traps.. but it's generally just cosmetic surface rust.

at 11 years old,
it's NOT worth paying somebody for the labour.. but doing it yourself could be worthwhile.. assuming the reason for the failure is addressed.
 
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