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Old 08-04-2009, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by pmercer View Post
Just to confirm, most of you did read it right. I was doing 70mph ish on the motorway and the light and dot matrix warnings came on. I slowed down immediately and before I managed to come to a standstill, the engine stopped.
I got a flat bed tow truck to recover me to a garage. I did not try to start the engine again.

As mentioned, prices in the UK are a lot more. I've been looking for a used engine, but not found one yet.

Just thought I'd get confirmation as to whether the valves can hit the pistons in these engines.

Cheers

Paul
What a bugger, but given the engine is shagged, what have you got to lose by opening it up anyway and having a look? I am sure you can source a good used engine somewhere, autotrader always had plenty of write-offs in it.
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