Where Is The Coolant Going
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I'm hoping that doesn't happen on mine before I get around to fixing it,
since I depend on mine as my daily driver.
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That's what I'd do.....make a spread sheet of the cost of the OEM parts versus the performance items and find someone who can rebuild it for you if you're not mechanically inclined.
#31
Big hp is in a head and cam...but $$$.
Since the head must at the very least come off, you will save the cost of a headgasket, labour, and maybe the studs...so not a huge savings...but if you were going to do it someday, might make sense.
But as we speak, the motor needs to be opened up to determine the failure, and the corrosive antifreeze removed from the motor...ASAP. What you find will help you decide what to do...
Since the head must at the very least come off, you will save the cost of a headgasket, labour, and maybe the studs...so not a huge savings...but if you were going to do it someday, might make sense.
But as we speak, the motor needs to be opened up to determine the failure, and the corrosive antifreeze removed from the motor...ASAP. What you find will help you decide what to do...
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My leak has slowed a little. Still there on short trips, but now usually seals up after 5-10 miles of driving.
The MINI is going in to my local MINI-friendly place in a week and a half, and if they confirm my diagnosis,
then I think I'll order a ported and polished head with an NS1 cam and have it installed a few weeks later.
BTW, only 55K on mine after almost 8 years.
The MINI is going in to my local MINI-friendly place in a week and a half, and if they confirm my diagnosis,
then I think I'll order a ported and polished head with an NS1 cam and have it installed a few weeks later.
BTW, only 55K on mine after almost 8 years.
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My leak has slowed a little. Still there on short trips, but now usually seals up after 5-10 miles of driving.
The MINI is going in to my local MINI-friendly place in a week and a half, and if they confirm my diagnosis,
then I think I'll order a ported and polished head with an NS1 cam and have it installed a few weeks later.
BTW, only 55K on mine after almost 8 years.
The MINI is going in to my local MINI-friendly place in a week and a half, and if they confirm my diagnosis,
then I think I'll order a ported and polished head with an NS1 cam and have it installed a few weeks later.
BTW, only 55K on mine after almost 8 years.
Maybe it got done in when the low speed resistor went out on my radiator fan. Wasn't visible to me at the housing itself, but it
apparently was coming out the bottom and running around a lip on the top of the block to the back of the engine, and that made it
look like it was coming from the head gasket to me. So it's not a cylinder head gasket leak after all.
Good news - much cheaper repair. Bad news - I don't have an excuse to replace the head "while it's off anyway" with a better one.
Good news - that would have been even more expensive anyway.
Pyrows666, how's your's going?
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