XPG Part 6

[mattie007]

Afraid not Noticed steam coming from the exhaust so pulled over and lifted the bonnet. Steam everywhere and all gone from the tank.My luck!

[Dan1971]

Oh mate ..... coolant tank empty ..... WTF ..... ?

[stamford]

What? I can't believe that. I did Wales and back with no issues plus the test drive that Sunday. Can't be the pump as that was replaced by Jay, hope it is something silly to replace. Check the hoses and the thermostat housing, no idea if or when that was maybe done?

[mattie007]

I'm back home now, recovery is worth its wait in gold owning an MG!
On closer inspection, it could be a pipe to the rear of the engine, quite difficult to tell at night though. I'd planned to get everything checked over by my local garage anyway so it's no problem. Just one of those things
I knew something would happen, 2 bumps in the MG3 last week and things come in threes!
Temp gauge didn't rise so hopefully no damage to the engine. Fingers crossed

[stamford]

Well if it's any consolation the T16 temp gauge was climbing whilst on the M4, I was watching the gauges as you would when driving a new car home. I turned the temp to cold as was a little warm in the cabin. Next thing I see is the needle slowly climbing, got to the edge of the red zone. So as you would with any car getting hot, turn it to hot setting. I was looking for the next services which was another 6 miles, but then it dropped back to mid position a few minutes later. So guess there is a 'thing' going on there!

[mattie007]

Not good Mick, hope it turns out to be nothing serious. At least we both have the cars back home. How did the T16 compare to the 180?

[stamford]

Originally Posted by mattie007

Not good Mick, hope it turns out to be nothing serious. At least we both have the cars back home. How did the T16 compare to the 180?

I didn't really open it up if I am honest, prefer to service it and check it over. However I did push the pedal a little and it certainly has a kick to it! I can see it being totally different to a 180 as the power delivery is instant, time will tell once I get to know it. I know one thing, I will need to respect the delivery when pushed as it has quite some torque steer. But yes at least they are home and can be sorted.

[talkingcars]

My T16 maestro has no intercooler so I kept the boost down to about 6psi and it was no quicker to 90 than my ZS, and having driven several turbo and super charged cars over the years I still prefer NASP

[mattie007]

No updates as car is still in the garage, will hopefully find out tomorrow. I've missed driving it!

[mattie007]

Quick update, had the car back for a week but unfortunatly its broken down twice so had to call recovery out
The coolant issue was a split pipe, £325 for 4 hours labour over a £18 pipe, ouch Then I took it out again and everything was going fine, 20 minutes into the journey, the temp gauge went up to above mid point and the radiator fan was on full blast. Recovery bought me home a second time. So another trip to the garage. Finally, thinking everything was ok, bang, another temp rise on the way home. Put the heater on full pelt and it did maintain a temp below the middle of the gauge. So at least its home.
This post is no disrespect to the previous owners, these things happen and I did expect a few issues.
However, Ive lost faith in the car, 4 journeys, 3 breakdowns. I can't keep going out in it, just hoping it will complete the journey.
If anyone wants to buy it then I am prepared to sell and cut my losses. The car is in great condition, had lots of work completed on the shell, fully loaded and lots of nice mods. Just needs someone to give it a good checkover. My only option is to keep taking it back to the garage down the road but at £300 a time, I can't sustain this. I didn't want to do this as I've wanted a V6 for years, absolutely gutted.
I wil be going back to the garage tomorrow demanding they sort this out though.