Evening

Hi folks,

Just found this place looking for info online so thought id call in and say hi

Im an old ZT owner who started looking for a small family car for the Mrs and ended up coming home with a TF lol.

She's not too keen so far, so everything is going to plan! Hehe

She has a few little jobs to do (and im going to do the HG just for piece of mind) but shes lovely

I'll no doubt be around asking the same old mundane questions soon enough lol.

Cheers

Andy

:welcome: to the forum.
No point in doing H/G if it's ok Usually something else fails that causes H/G to blow.
Fit a low coolant alarm that will warn you of any problems.

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:welcome: aboard and check your inbox.

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Oh dear another victim of the Bug :slapme:

Welcome to the asylum

welcome aboard!

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Personally I wouldn't touch the head gasket, just for the sake of it, some last for ever.

James

Thanks for the welcome folks

It does seem that leaving the HG alone is the best idea for now - the coolant oil are nice and clean and ive found that she had her cambelt and water pump changed 5k miles ago so im going to assume that shes sound for now and fit one of those coolant alarms for safetys sake.

there are enough jobs to do without me adding to the pile

No real need to fit a low coolant alarm, just get into the routine of meticulous maintenance and you'll be fine.

Check before you go on a run and at the weekend and top up if necessary with the correct oat antifreeze.

There's no better feeling than some coolant paranoia to keep you on your toes :whistle:

I'd keep a pot to put some money into for when the time comes to get it changed as it's not an "if" but "when" and use someone like Russell at mg rover solutions that charge around £300 to £400 to do the job.

Welcome to the world of MGF'S & TF'S :hgf:

Oh, post some pics of your car :broon:

Thankfully I have a few rover and landrover fanatics for friends so when the time comes, I'll supply the parts and beer and we'll change it between us :hgf:

I love that theres a smiley with the code hgf - very fitting! lol

im 'working' at the moment so only the 1 pic to hand

a whole lot of smiles for £500, thats for sure

Welcome,
I'm afraid I have to contradict Andy's advice re: the low coolant alarm............Fit one!
Our cars have coolant hoses that are awkward to see with a quick preflight inspection, and it takes only a minute or less to drop all your coolant with a burst hose, the temp gauge won't necessarily warn you of this sudden loss of coolant as it needs to have it's sensor immersed in the now absent coolant to work!
The cheapest, most effective way to minimise the chances of head gasket failure on our cars (or any other cars for that matter) in to have a low coolant alarm fitted.......ALL my cars have one!

Now having said that, I think the fear of head gasket failure with our cars has it's roots in the bad old days when the cars were young and there were problems with inferior gaskets, head dowels etc.
This in combination with some p!ss poor mechanical practices by both mechanics and some owners led to a lot of failures.
Now with better materials, and a greater knowledge base available, there should be no more reason to fear head gasket failure in one our cars that's been done and maintained properly than any other kind of car.

My car would have to be one of the most (if not the most reliable) cars I've owned, and over the years I've had a hell of a lot of cars, too may to list, probably more than anyone else here. So based on my experience, it's been a very reliable car!