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Old 31 July 2011, 11:11 AM
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hello new member here from norwich just got my 1st scooby
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Old 31 July 2011, 11:15 AM
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Hi Nick

Welocme to the mad house lol

What sort of work you got to do to the broom broom then?
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Thanks! Not a good start! looking over the car today there looks to be like copper grease in the right coolant tank......
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What model you got mate??
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Originally Posted by EOEUMC
Hi Nick

Welocme to the mad house lol

What sort of work you got to do to the broom broom then?



Hi thanks well 1st i need to sort out the head gasket
Then a cage, set up the new coilovers...

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Old 31 July 2011, 11:23 AM
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this is the car http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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nice car bud ......nice to have ya
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Is there anyone in the east who likes doing head gaskets and can help me if i need to do my one!?

Thanks scooby parts i have you number.

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Originally Posted by nick.bdk
Hi thanks well 1st i need to sort out the head gasket
Then a cage, set up the new coilovers...
So apart from the head gasket, nothing major by the sounds of it
Time is a precious thing lol
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Welcome So it's a track car toy then

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Old 31 July 2011, 03:01 PM
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hopefully! Im just worrued about the head gasket
i dont even know if its gone or not
i think it must be on the way out beacuse y would someone just put some thing that looks like copper grease in the coolant
Old 31 July 2011, 03:01 PM
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Hi and welcome.

Word or advice really, the head gasket going could be a symptom rather than the actual problem itself. Get the rad off and flushed out and if you are in any doubt as to whether it is silted up then replace it. Check the head for cracks and warping whilst it is off and use the opportunity to change the oil and filter - have a read up on the correct way to change the oil and filter on a scoob - use the search function.

Good luck and have fun
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Welcome
Dont be too depressed if your car doesnt make the 359bhp its quoted in the add, no turbocharger from a newer scoob will produce that power at .9bar, maybe 1.6bar but not .9
You are also best getting your car health checked if you think you have a hg issue, also get the belts changed by a speciallist and have a full (major) serivce carried out, this will include the diffs, gearbox, engine, coolant, spark plugs (and belts), but it wont be cheap so take note you may need 7-800 quid on one side for it (dont not do it, you will either find you have issues or you dont, rather get them out of the way now than when something expensive breaks )

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I would think its got about 250ish BHP!

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Dont be too depressed if your car doesnt make the 359bhp its quoted in the add, no turbocharger from a newer scoob will produce that power at .9bar, maybe 1.6bar but not .9
You are also best getting your car health checked if you think you have a hg issue, also get the belts changed by a speciallist and have a full (major) serivce carried out, this will include the diffs, gearbox, engine, coolant, spark plugs (and belts), but it wont be cheap so take note you may need 7-800 quid on one side for it (dont not do it, you will either find you have issues or you dont, rather get them out of the way now than when something expensive breaks )

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If your worried about head gasket then best off just doing i sniff test on it at least then you know if it has gone or not. Any local garage can do that for you. Then if you can eliminate that you can start looking at other things or know for definite that you need to change gasket.
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spot on thanks. Its just a pain as its a track car it has no mot or anything.


Originally Posted by Lau
If your worried about head gasket then best off just doing i sniff test on it at least then you know if it has gone or not. Any local garage can do that for you. Then if you can eliminate that you can start looking at other things or know for definite that you need to change gasket.




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