To all... thanks so much for your replies. The overwhelming consensus is
that I am being paranoid. :)
Well, I just want to clarify why I asked... I didn't have this problem on my
last MG - it stayed pretty constant at 75.
Thanks again,
Joanna
79 MGB LE
Eric wrote:
> Joanna Adler wrote:
> >
> > I have this BIG trip all planned out, and while I don't plan on
> > everything going smoothly (it is a 20 yr old car), that doesn't mean I
> > want to come home and put a "for sale" ad in the paper. (Unless, of
> > course, it's because I won one of the cars being raffled off!) <G>
> >
>
> OK Joanna, I'll bite (but only because I sense a veiled dig at me in
> here somewhere :-) Now the following may seem like I am trying to
> justify my actions, but this is only because I am!
>
> Firstly, it appears to have been almost proven that my little car did
> not, in fact, suffer the head gasket problem that I thought it had on
> the rather punishing little trial I put it through - and remember, my
> car is 30 YEARS OLD (yours is just a kid). It appears that it may have
> been the mechanic (and to some degree myself... although the mechanic
> should have known better) that had the head problem.
>
> Yes, I had oil and oil pressure problems when travelling for hours at
> 65mph but know it seems I have learned about how crankcase ventilation
> gear can stuff up and simply suck your oil away (to put it simply).
>
> Sweet little Primrose was always known to be on the verge of major
> engine work (i.e. a rebuild) and also needed a carby re-build, too.
> Pulling the head off just revealed a few hidden faults that I would
> rather have not confronted. There is a possibility that the thing was
> not put back together as well as it could have been, too - more on this
> after a visit to the REAL doctor this week.
>
> Finally, my reason for selling her is simply that she needs a few grand
> worth of work (after spending a few grand on fiddly little bits so far
> in the first twelve months) that will not bering her up to a standard of
> vehicle I could have if I sell her and add these extra bucks to the
> money I get and hunt down a good deal somewhere. In other words, and
> engine and carby re-build will mean she is wonderfully fit and
> healthy... but this does not give her a new paint job and some needed
> body work to make her look AND act really nice!
>
> THEN I can start playing traineee mechanic again but from a far more
> advance starting point. I am sure that she will go to a good home.
>
> If I DON'T sell her and the engine deteriorates further I will be forced
> to paint her blue with white Cobra stripes; drop a supercharged Rover V8
> under the bonnet; flare the guards; put super fat tyres and rims on her;
> hang some fluffy dice from the mirror.........
>
> Eric
> '68MGB MkII
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