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Got to work this morning turned the car off like normal and was greeted to a knocking noise. I’m thinking maybe engine/gearbox mount? It doesn’t knock under driving or heavy acceleration just when I turn the car off! Anyone experienced this before?
Cheers!
I race an MG ZR in the MG Trophy championship, costs about £13000 a season to run over 6 round 12 races. That includes everything I need to go racing during the season;
Race entries
Running the car with a team
Pre weekend tests
Tyres
Consumables
Hotels
Fuel for van and race car etc but...
Got the head off today and it’s all abit rusty inside! And evidence of k seal too. Should all be okay once I’m done with it.
And found a nice big piece of sealant in the oil pickup which was nice.
Certainly nothing in the history that I’ve got saying it’s been done before. Although it does worry me that it’s got a 172 breather system on it even though it’s a 182, albeit it is one of the first!
Exactly this, hoping my cause of low compression is the head gasket. Ideally I’d like to do a...
Cheers for the reply! I had to do the compression test stone cold so they may have come up a bit at operating temp. It’s certainly goes well this engine.
Reckon I’ll change the gasket, is there any scope for refacing the head?
My 182 has a strange issue and I can’t seem to pinpoint what the cause of it is. Ever since I’ve owned it it’s always used abit of coolant but nothing excessive.
But recently it’s started spitting coolant out the header tank, but the temp gauge never moves, no steam out the back or mixing of...
Finally have some progress!!
Picked the Clio up yesterday from having the cage fitted, it's the older RO17 safety devices full cage. Perfect for my needs!
Also while there it was there I had some harness mounts welded in and flush aero catches fitted!
Will have some more progress later on...
Seen them as low as £13k and as high as £25-30k. I'd be checking for crash history, any major repairs etc make sure the parts are R-sport stamped and history of gearbox overhauls as they are expensive to have done.
I'm worried I've got the wrong ones in mine now as I just bought some power flex ones. Think I'll swap them out for eibach ones before I venture onto track.