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Probably a broken chain?

It depends what drives the oil pump ?

Bad connection to chassis or starter motor shorting out internally

Has it had a head gasket replaced recently, and its contamination that wasn’t cleaned out at the time?

If its still got the original inlet manifold gasket, that can leak oil into water

If the car is a P38, all the S connections are available in the left rear quarter behind the trim and 7 core cable is fine. There is a grommet at the base of the well below the connectors that can be used to route the cable. I can give you all...

One other small update. I undid the steering rack U-bolts and installed a "drop bracket" to lower the steering column, then did them up again (of course). Now I can see all the gauges without leaning forwards in the seat. The auto-cancellation...

As reported elsewhere the mini has been all tuned up on a rolling road. :) Horrendously expensive (£562) but the results seem to be good. It really does go well now. What did he find wrong? 1. Incorrect coil (he reports that it had a "points"...

Honda 125 Twin 1977 This has been in a collection for decades and has never been on the road in that time. The speedo is showing less than 100 miles. It is in amazing condition and surely the best available. It's had an MOT although it's...

It was slow on my phone for a couple of days, its back to speed presently!