Well she's finally running. Mark from MG Mobile Mechanics arrived this morning and changed the thermostat, inlet manifold gasket, coolant cap and fresh coolant. There was coolant all in the V, despite the previous garage claiming they had fixed the leak. Also goes to show how quick even specialist garages are to diagnose HGF. Won't be using them two again. Anyway, took her for a good hours drive on all sorts of roads and the temp gauge remained he same , just above the quarter. Fan kicked in at 105 degrees C as it should and switched off when cooled down. Forgot what she sounded and drove like, so back in love for the meantime.... Discovered the throttle cable is on its last legs as there was a tremendous amount of slack, the spring under the pedal was also missing so will get that sorted. Gave her a good wash and polish as been sat around for the last few months, think she looks quite good now
All the cars lined up including Marks ZR-T Express
Should I go back to the garage who changed the pipe they claimed had split and was causing the leak or is there nothing I can do?
I wonder if the second garage would have still gone ahead with the head gasket repair even if they discovered it was just a thermostat issue....