richystran
RMS Regular
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lol i dont mind a bit of banter, colour is subjective everyone like different things so i dont mind. I just like this particular combo.@richystran any more updates please? Not all of us are interested in willy waving .
The car was in getting the head gasket done as she was "pinking" like a rattle noise under load. I actually knew it was gone when i bought the car and used it as a bargaining tool, was a risky decision as it could have needed a new head. But all was good, no real damage done. Was lucky because the tab which drives the vanos was broken but didnt fall into the timing chain.
If anyone is considering buying an M3 get a compression test done, its getting very common for the head gaskets to fail. Kits are so cheap its worth doing it!
The only symptoms of the gasket gone in this car was a very slightly higher temperature and pinking noise (like rattling marbles in a tin can). The gaskets go between cylinders so you dont get the normal pressurising of water or oil mixing etc.
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