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My DSE has no problems but the engine hes not been sounding its best, taking a couple of more turns to start in the very cold mornings anyway a mate of mine broke down in the early hours of Sunday morning, he has a Merc Sprinter large panel van with nearly 2 tons of tools , compressor, and a welder and 2 big gas bottles, i went and towed him home and put my foot to the floor from the M25 down the M11 to Newmarket, a good hour and a half , got up this morning and it started and sounds like a new engine, not happy with yours then trash the bastard, they love it, check oil and water first.

Cossie David said:

My DSE has no problems but the engine hes not been sounding its best, taking a couple of more turns to start in the very cold mornings anyway a mate of mine broke down in the early hours of Sunday morning, he has a Merc Sprinter large panel van with nearly 2 tons of tools , compressor, and a welder and 2 big gas bottles, i went and towed him home and put my foot to the floor from the M25 down the M11 to Newmarket, a good hour and a half , got up this morning and it started and sounds like a new engine, not happy with yours then trash the bastard, they love it, check oil and water first.

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you need to give any engine a good workout now and again,this clears all the crap out of it.

WE used to have an MGB GT 1972 I REBUILT THE CAR @1980-81 stage 2 engine ,tele shocks ,stiff springs ect,i ran it in,used it for work for a few months,then handed it back to the boss and claimed my landy back[1958 sii petrol].8 months later i was on a job in sheffield ,right sez i we,ll swop motors backwards n forwards to sheffield in sii was no joke!,serviced it at the weekend mon morning of to sheff,wot the f*** it wasnt as quick as the landy,got to the digs at night had a look at it ,nothing wrong?????,had a think a complete blank,anyway fri 3ish ready for home thinks need juice+@10 squirts of redex ,foot down ,i thought it was a diesel,when the cloud cleared on the A1 i had my MGB back again,thinking @ it the wife used it for visiving her patients @ town , picking the lad up from school ect,it was bunged up redex and a good run cleaned it out. i used to take it for a blast once a month when i was home after that,it was no bother from then on,,,,,,,,,,dave

PS all mine are bunged up nowadays cos i drive like an old man now,no comments cheeky buggars,,,,,dave