New Diagnosis

Ok. . .Just removed hoses for cooling system. There was no loss of fluid. Am now suspecting fuel pump.

Would a broken fuel pump cause spluttering during drive and finally a break down ? Without being able to restart the car ?

Yes

aussielander said:

Yes

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wot e said. . .

Good news. Turned out to be a burnt distributer and rotor arm

Cars is now running sweet. . .and no . . .no blown head gasket.

Wohooooo !!

Now, all i have to do is keep my weekly checks on the collant and coolant hoses, and stop the car if it begins to overheat, and I should never do the head gasket in

Also replaced the centre bearings on the propshaft. no more scraping noises. Car is running like a dream.

If anyone ever wants to increase the power of their vehicle by three or four times, I suggest replacing the HT leads after doing 100k. Man ! so much more power now out of this little car

The pack-to distributer lead btw, that can only be obtained from LR due to an oversized rubber boot required on the pack.

good news, glad you sorted it out!

We have an expression here in NI.............


keep err Lit







Translated -

keep - stay on the power/gas

err - her/she, owners are known to refer to their engines/ cars as her or she

Lit - full steam, as in a boiler/furnace stoked/lit to max output