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Originally Posted by BicycleBoy
I wasn't recommending it, just using it as an example... at 105k it's probably got a year or two left in it at most, and the rusty front valence has been NLA since last century. Five hundred to park it in a field and sell as a bonafide historic vehicle in three years time might be a cynical risk worth taking though...
The 1.4 heads may pop, but they're relatively easy to fix. I skimmed mine on a thick glass sheet with grinding paste, then flushed out the engine by replacing the oil with red diesel and running for a few minutes.
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Maybe but it's "Reserve not met" so i'd guess the reserve is somewhere north of £1000.
I didn't think you were recommending it, to be honest it has very little to recommend it from the start. You can get away with a very light skim on the heads sometimes but it depends on A) how badly banana-shaped the head has become and B) whether the liners have kept their lower seals intact in the block.
If the liners have popped their seals it will constantly give HGF symptoms, even after the HG has been done and the head is still flat, i once got away with over-tightening the head bolts "somewhat" on a reluctant car (1.7) and insisting the customer brought it back in a weeks time for head re-torquing which i broke the rules and did hot. Fixed it though (complete bodge but it worked!) and he sold it not long after in favour of a bright yellow and cinnamon (rust) Metro that was more holey than godly and made a paper doily look comparatively well filled!
