Thanks for the info...do you know what size the torx headbolts are please, I have a neighbor who has a few odd female torx sockets, & it would be nice to know if I have the right size before I start the work, or whether I would have to buy one ( or a set)

Thanks for the info.... much appreciated!

Thanks for the info.... very good of you to take the time.

I intend to start work changing the head gasket over the next few days and would appreciate a reply to my previous post please. Also looking at the Haynes manual the cylinder head bolts, look like they are star shaped, can anybody tell me if an ordinary metric socket will fit onto these, to undo the...

Thanks once more for your reply, and taking everything that has been said into account, and the help that you kind people have offered me, then, I think that I may change the head gasket, as I really would like to keep the car, as mentioned it has just passed an MOT and it is in quite clean conditio...

I went to the garage yesterday, to get a second opinion, about my problem. They confirmed that my head gasket had gone, and they quoted me £400 to fix it. The man in the garage said to fix it he would have to take the head off, and send it off to be skimmed, also the hydraulic tappets would have to ...

As I said previously, I checked my oil on a weekly basis, and the last time I checked it was okay. In the last week I have only done about 12 miles or so, and that was over two or three different journeys, on different days, so there's no chance that the engine has overheated. There is definitely sl...

Thanks for that, finally got to read it. I was wondering, has anybody had any sucess using a radiator repair liquid ,or some thing like a Barrs leak crumbled into the water to effect a repair for any lengh of time, if I could get another year out of it that would be nice...also its just passed its m...

Sorry to be a paimn Smithy, but the link is to a maestro.. mine is a 416 K series engine 1997.
Mw

Hello Smithy
Thanks for the info, but when I click on the link it tells me file not found.
Mw