Right! Adjusted the brake pedal so have some play now at the neutral postion, hopefully that will sort out the brake bind issue I occasionally get. Was all set to go after setting up the suspension (went with your advice jonny) and doing a quick check over everything and the top rad pipe was hard after only just starting.
Now I have done a fair bit of research on the 7M engines and they had a head gasket issue out of the factory and so knew it was always a possibility but honestly just kept ignoring it, we did a test putting the header tank hose into a big bottle of water, started the car and got a regular "bloop, bloop" of air coming out. Blown head gasket!
So engine bay:
Little bit more off:
Cheeky topless shot:
Kept the turbo on and my weak desk job arms aren't up to the task, luckily Tel has a tool for that:
And finally some gasket shots:
Gasket was fairly well mangled as you can see but pistons and bores look ok, head is off to be measured for flatness now, got some ARP head studs, new OEM gasket and silicone hosing set to go on.
Big thanks as always to Tel and the boys for their advice and help, just hoping that head comes back in tolerance.
Now I have done a fair bit of research on the 7M engines and they had a head gasket issue out of the factory and so knew it was always a possibility but honestly just kept ignoring it, we did a test putting the header tank hose into a big bottle of water, started the car and got a regular "bloop, bloop" of air coming out. Blown head gasket!
So engine bay:
Little bit more off:
Cheeky topless shot:
Kept the turbo on and my weak desk job arms aren't up to the task, luckily Tel has a tool for that:
And finally some gasket shots:
Gasket was fairly well mangled as you can see but pistons and bores look ok, head is off to be measured for flatness now, got some ARP head studs, new OEM gasket and silicone hosing set to go on.
Big thanks as always to Tel and the boys for their advice and help, just hoping that head comes back in tolerance.