Scottish Elises

Still looking on behalf of my friend, on and off anyway...

Does anyone know this one?

http://tinyurl.com/wy9pd

Pete

hi pete,

seems a good buy for age, FSH and mileage

I would check for HGF, mileage is at that mark

Martin

CSK_423 wrote:I would check for HGF, mileage is at that mark

Eh?

k-series head gaskets pop between 25 to 30k-ish mark no ??? it's certainly what I've heard and experienced !

Never heard of anyone putting a specific mileage on when HGF may occur before

Yeah - there was a time when a spate of HGF occured - all around the 30k mark.


Mac

Never heard that. And never actually heard of that many cases of HGF. It certainly doesn't seem to be as common as people make out.

/finger's crossed faction.

Don't know the car, but unless it was mint and low miles, it is not worth what they are asking, especially at this time of year.

There are a few avertised in Autotrader and I didn't think it looked toobad price wise. My mate looked at a 111S too, 51k miles and a year younger but 12 grand which seemed a lot to me. This seemed better.

P

HGF would appear to be related to alot of things. I have read that some last 90k+. I wouldn't be worried about it, even if it does go they are simple enough to change and you will be very unlucky to cause much damage if you keep an eye on your water level and oil for gunk. Water lolss needs to be diagnosed quickly before damage can occur.

The head gasket failure is normally down to the rubber seal between the oilways and the water jacket going pop. simple fix. The head I gave away 3 months ago (Low port, no cams, springs, caps or valves!) showed exactly this in 2 places. It was just the rubber hadcome away from the metal of the gasket. No big problem if caught.

Head gasket ~£35, cam belt and tensioner while you are there too ~£30-50, 5-8 hours or so for 3 numpties, one tolerant wife, a toddler and 2 mental collies.

simon wrote:It certainly doesn't seem to be as common as people make out.

pffffffffft.

Simon.
(engine destroyer faction)

Of course, running without oil may increase the chances

ironside wrote:

simon wrote:It certainly doesn't seem to be as common as people make out.

pffffffffft.

Simon.
(engine destroyer faction)

simon wrote:Of course, running without oil may increase the chances

Actually that only breaks all the other bits.

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:HGF would appear to be related to alot of things. I have read that some last 90k+. I wouldn't be worried about it, even if it does go they are simple enough to change and you will be very unlucky to cause much damage if you keep an eye on your water level and oil for gunk. Water lolss needs to be diagnosed quickly before damage can occur.

The head gasket failure is normally down to the rubber seal between the oilways and the water jacket going pop. simple fix. The head I gave away 3 months ago (Low port, no cams, springs, caps or valves!) showed exactly this in 2 places. It was just the rubber hadcome away from the metal of the gasket. No big problem if caught.

Head gasket ~£35, cam belt and tensioner while you are there too ~£30-50, 5-8 hours or so for 3 numpties, one tolerant wife, a toddler and 2 mental collies.

Back when I had an MGF VVC - several years ago, the HG went at about 65K, put sum rad-weld in it and kept toping up the water for about 5K

When it got really bad (more water than petrol) I changed the HG and did another £20Kish in it before selling it in good running - fully MOT'd - order.

Access was a bit of a PIA but the job was easy enough. Elise should be easier since you can take off the clam and get full access.

These Ks just go on and on!!