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Old 7th March 2020, 14:51   #1
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A busy day for the engine bay today, see if you can spot the difference.I suspect you may find it fairly easy!!

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And tomorrow it will look even worse . More photos to follow

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Old 7th March 2020, 14:55   #2
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Oh dear Cliff what happened?
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He’s polished bits of it away oh no!

Hope it’s back up and running soon must be one of the cleanest cars around.


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Oh dear Cliff what happened?
Bit of a long story, but I'll try to keep it short. Around a year ago I noticed a knocking noise on start up. It only happened when the engine was stone cold (i.e. first start of the day) and would disappear completely after a minute or 2 max.

All very odd and had a number of folks listen to it with a number of differing theories. One thought was belt related, so new belts - no cure. Lates thought possibly a blocked oil pickup so that was removed and a piece of "paper" was found blocking the pick up tube - hooray. Next morning - still knocking .

A couple of other MG Rover 'tecs diagnosed piston slap and thought it nothing to worry about, so I put it out on my mind over winter and stopped stressing. With Spring nearly here though, I decided to it had to be sorted, as it was getting me down and I was losing interest . I'd only driven her just over 1000 miles in the last year, and much of that was back and forth to Lates.

So today was the day. A much recommended mobile mechanic came (Russel Walsh) with a view to doing whatever is necessary to cure the issue. He thought the noise was emanating from the front bank, and agreed it sounded like piston slap, so the head came of for a quick peek, but no obvious signs of damage were evident. After more spannering, the oil pump came off and, although the pump itself was given a clean bill of health last year (following a pressure test), it was clear that the oil pumps gasket was delaminating, and it was a piece of this that Lates had found last year in the sump .

So, tomorrows plan is for the engine to come out and more stripping down to take place.

She'll be fixed, regardless of cost, and Russell is hopeful that it can all be sorted in time for the National. In the meantime, I've got a shed full of parts that can be cleaned and polished .

Hey ho - it's only money.

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Deserves the best that car Cliff Well done for sorting it Pretty much same boat as me, 1300 miles between mot's, just refitted the battery after the sills were welded in October. Oh well, summat to do I suppose
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....... Pretty much same boat as me, 1300 miles between mot's, just refitted the battery after the sills were welded in October. Oh well, summat to do I suppose
Does make you wonder why we keep them. They have a knack of getting under your skin. Who did the welding for you? Was it Tom Hobbs?

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You've disconnected the battery 😄😄
Duh, should have read the other posts. My bad.
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Does make you wonder why we keep them. They have a knack of getting under your skin. Who did the welding for you? Was it Tom Hobbs?

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Yes Cliff, took it down to Tom and he did a fabulous job, wouldn't know they'd been done
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You've disconnected the battery ����
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So that's the reason it wouldn't start

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Yes Cliff, took it down to Tom and he did a fabulous job, wouldn't know they'd been done
That looks spot on - just as it left the factory

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That is the most fantastically detailed engine bay I have seen for a long time
I thought you had taken the head off just so you could detail the tops of the pistons!
Hope its all back together soon and going better than ever. Total credit to you
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