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£160 will probably pay for the whole job!
(Going rate for the gasket set is about £20)
To do the job properly you need a lot more than a gasket set. For example, the bolts that hold the engine together should not be reused... and new ones aren't cheap.
I found the cheapest (and quickest) option was to buy a complete replacement engine with a warranty and fit that. IIRC the engine cost around £120 with 3 months warranty. It lasted me another 45,000 miles and may still be going strong.0 -
Gloomendoom wrote: »To do the job properly you need a lot more than a gasket set. For example, the bolts that hold the engine together should not be reused... and new ones aren't cheap.
I found the cheapest (and quickest) option was to buy a complete replacement engine with a warranty and fit that. IIRC the engine cost around £120 with 3 months warranty. It lasted me another 45,000 miles and may still be going strong.
Lesson is, don't touch another one of these cars with a bargepole!
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As far as I am aware the new sale of goods act covers car for six months from point of sale, hance why traders tend to avoid Rovers, would anybody risk that a Rover headgasket would last 6 months, unless it has just been done.
Can't remember the exact wording, but it is along the lines of a fault that could reasonably be foreseen at the point of sale, so you might have trouble if the clutch goes after 5 months, but a headgasket on a 214, that was pretty likely.0 -
As far as I am aware the new sale of goods act covers car for six months from point of sale, hance why traders tend to avoid Rovers, would anybody risk that a Rover headgasket would last 6 months, unless it has just been done.
Can't remember the exact wording, but it is along the lines of a fault that could reasonably be foreseen at the point of sale, so you might have trouble if the clutch goes after 5 months, but a headgasket on a 214, that was pretty likely.
As per my wording on page one (;))Under the sale of goods act the seller would have to PROVE that the problem wasnt there when he sold it to you.
I would say he would struggle to be able to prove that, therefore you would win in the small claims court.
You MUST give him the opportunity to repair it though.
I suspect he has tried to word the sale that its a 'trade sale' or 'no warranty implied or given' or 'sold as seen'. Irrespective as he is a dealer he has obligations under the SOGA0 -
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I've owned a MG for a few years and not had any HG problems. It's all about how you treat it.0
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I've owned a MG for a few years and not had any HG problems. It's all about how you treat it.
High milers, low milers, regular anti-freeze changes, FSH, no history, only used once a week, heated and cooled properly, driven 1 mile a day in the freezing cold.
They all blow 'em.
Essentially it's a substandard engine, it's not an ownership issue.
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Quote SOGA and get your money backI all have learnt is from others on many sites.
Seek legal help if unsure.
Dont pay Private Parking tickets - they are mere invoices.
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