18/11/2023
Follow up to previous post, head gasket all sorted with nice new oil and filter. Nice new gasket with head bolts, freshly skimmed head with valves and seats replaced. While we had the car I was asked to see why it sounded like a boy racer car, turned out flexi was split and completely snapped on removal. The fun part was getting a replacement, nowhere not even Vauxhall could get the section of exhaust with the right fixing for a minimum of 4 weeks and with a cost of £500+vat! Some outside the box thinking and a new fitting made out of some 10mm thick flat steel, welded onto the replacement pipe and all sorted. Car all done and up and running with hopefully a very satisfied new customer. It was a pleasure to get it up and running for her after all the trouble she’d been through with a previous garage so now she can’t get her work life back on track without spending more than her wages in taxis etc to get round her clients.