I recently had an issue with the rubber doughnut on the prop and I got it replaced with one from ebay (just the doughnut). The two viscous coupling baerings were replaced at the same time. The rear bearing failed about 2000 miles later. I thought it may have been a failty part so it was...

Help please. I had a mechanic replace a head gasket on my 1.8 Freelander (K-series) and it lasted 500 miles. The head was skimmed and pressure tested. I think that he MAY have fitted it incorrectly and MAY not have followed the correct refitting procedures. The first head gasket went at...