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Well, people.
Due to the gutless motor (who said they were all like that ) the Plugmobile has been to the garage for a health check. The prognosis isn't good, the head gasket is on its last legs, causing the lumpy idle from a cold start. When it warms up it runs fine (apart from the aforementioned gutlessness) but obviously I don't want to carry on driving it until it goes bang.
But what to do.. the garage reckon anywhere between £200-£400 to fix it, depending on how bad it turns out to be once the head comes off. I'll really find it difficult to justify a £400 bill bearing in mind how much the car's worth, but I think it's too good to scrap.. rust free Pandas with 24,000 miles on the clock being in the same category as rocking horse droppings these days.
So, how big a job is it.. I've never done a head gasket before, my skill with a set of spanners isn't too shabby but I hate working on cars and if it all turns to rats**t half way through I'll probably just get pi**ed off with it and tow it to the crusher..
A very disheartened Plug...
Due to the gutless motor (who said they were all like that ) the Plugmobile has been to the garage for a health check. The prognosis isn't good, the head gasket is on its last legs, causing the lumpy idle from a cold start. When it warms up it runs fine (apart from the aforementioned gutlessness) but obviously I don't want to carry on driving it until it goes bang.
But what to do.. the garage reckon anywhere between £200-£400 to fix it, depending on how bad it turns out to be once the head comes off. I'll really find it difficult to justify a £400 bill bearing in mind how much the car's worth, but I think it's too good to scrap.. rust free Pandas with 24,000 miles on the clock being in the same category as rocking horse droppings these days.
So, how big a job is it.. I've never done a head gasket before, my skill with a set of spanners isn't too shabby but I hate working on cars and if it all turns to rats**t half way through I'll probably just get pi**ed off with it and tow it to the crusher..
A very disheartened Plug...