Our MG-ZR Head gasket has gone..

motorguy

apparently there is an uprated head gasket that can be got to prevent future problems.

Great car, but HGF is an inevitability.

lju

http://www.mgroversolutions.com/

Give this guy a ring, will be much cheaper and he will come to your home / work to fix it.

worried_jim

lju wrote: »

http://www.mgroversolutions.com/

Give this guy a ring, will be much cheaper and he will come to your home / work to fix it.

Great tip- wish I'd known about him when my K series head gasket went !

gabyjane

Mankysteve thanks for the reply. It runs out of coolant fairly quickly but as i have read you cannot really see it leaking..other than that and the funny colour i would have never known!

lju thanks for that link, i am in Devon not sure where he travels to but worth calling.

lju

gabyjane wrote: »

Mankysteve thanks for the reply. It runs out of coolant fairly quickly but as i have read you cannot really see it leaking..other than that and the funny colour i would have never known!

lju thanks for that link, i am in Devon not sure where he travels to but worth calling.

He travels all over the country and has even been known to travel by plane! Give him a call i'm sure he will sort it out. Many of us over on the mg-rover.org forums have used him.

gabyjane

lju wrote: »

He travels all over the country and has even been known to travel by plane! Give him a call i'm sure he will sort it out. Many of us over on the mg-rover.org forums have used him.

Thanks! i called him and he is busy and can't fit it in till the 24th..it will be (assuming nothing drastic) £330 inclusive so a huge saving and can be done at home. he tried fiting in enroute to somewhere else but cannot do so appreciate him trying!
Now the big Q is do we wait and hope it is ok? as i said on the MG forum if the ticking noise hadn't have cropped up ide still be driving it regardless..opinons on what you would do please?!

lju

gabyjane wrote: »

Thanks! i called him and he is busy and can't fit it in till the 24th..it will be (assuming nothing drastic) £330 inclusive so a huge saving and can be done at home. he tried fiting in enroute to somewhere else but cannot do so appreciate him trying!
Now the big Q is do we wait and hope it is ok? as i said on the MG forum if the ticking noise hadn't have cropped up ide still be driving it regardless..opinons on what you would do please?!

I personally would not drive it as I would not want to do any more damage. It may not be the HG and may be a split hose, faulty water pump etc but I would wait for Russell to look at it first. He will not try and rip you off and is a top bloke!

steveo3002

Jakg wrote: »

K-Series is a great engine... besides the HGF.

hitler was a nice guy..apart from his funny ways

:rotfl:

TiTheRev

steveo3002 wrote: »

hitler was a nice guy..apart from his funny ways

:rotfl:

:rotfl: not a bad comparison

gabyjane

lju wrote: »

I personally would not drive it as I would not want to do any more damage. It may not be the HG and may be a split hose, faulty water pump etc but I would wait for Russell to look at it first. He will not try and rip you off and is a top bloke!

Thanks. Well we haven't driven it today but i do work in the mornings and have had to use it but short journey (5 mins)..dh has cycled to work bless so other than school runs and work it wont go anywhere!
I called him back as no reply and he has booked it in for the 24th..hope ok before then!
Thanks again a lot of money hopefully saved!