white smoke...

[flyerncle]

Take the easy route fix the car,the fire brigade will be harder to explain the fire too.

And as you say Mon Ami "Merde"

Jai parlez francias Merde

[K4KEV]

We have all had issues to get around Sylvain but don't give up.....it was a nightmare for me by choosing an unusual engine, but I persevered and got there in the end....I know its a bummer just get stuck straight back in and dismantle the engine to try and see what the cause is, then if its knackered then at least you will have "created the next direction to go in .....a different engine.
chin up matey its all worth it in the end

[flyerncle]

Agreed,I have had a rolling chassis for the past 4 and a bit years and only now got round to getting it powder coated and putting it back together and still don't have the money to throw at it but I will not give up,retirement project maybe.

Kev if you get bored I still have a little project in mind that would not be too much hassle and wages if you are interested.

[danilo]

I do understand your frustrations.
But removing the cyl head to have a look for the problem (imo a broken head gasket) is only a couple of hours work.
And if it is the HG.... replacing it is only a minor repair in the scope of engine work.. and usually inexpensive for the parts required.

[Janne E]

Sylvian!

I got a Polo radiator with a electric fan mounted if you need..
It´s almost new.

Janne

[voucht]

Hi!
Sorry I have been away from the forum and the car for a couple of days... just to cool down I guess

Thank you very much for the nice words and cheering. I think sometimes, problems just look too big to get over, and you just need to back off from the build a little.

I still think that it is better to change this engine which, I just feel it, will give me more troubles in the future, even if I fix the head and head gasket.

But if sometimes all problems occur in the same time, it can be the same for good news too:

I've been looking for seats for the Roadster for a while, and having them delivered from the UK is always an extra cost for us I'd like to avoid, so I have been looking for a local solution. And someone here in Sweden proposed me, through the Swedish Locost forum, to exchange a pair of Cobra seats in very good condition against a full brake line set for his Caterham. That is quite a good deal, isn't it? And it turned out that this person also has a complete Sierra to strip off, and he is OK to give away the engine which looks to be perfectly working, with the two seats! Pretty cool, isn't it?

He is not leaving close by, so tomorrow I'll spend my day on the road driving there and back, to collect the seats and the engine.

The SFRO (Swedish IVA) inspector also told me that I can take the my first inspection with the old engine (they don't check the engine's working condition, this first inspection is more about the chassis construction, structure, mounting points, suspensions, etc.), and swap engines after the inspection, so I don't have any pressure about that.

It also looks like the fact that all the radiators I've installed so far (3 in total) were all leaking, is due to this head gasket and/or cylinder head failure: compression from the cylinders goes into the cooling circuit, punting it under a pressure the radiator can't take. I'll change the engine before I change radiator next time

So hopefully, before the end of this month, everything will be back to order, and I will have my seats too

Janne, thank you for the offer, I just sent you a personal message.

And thanks to all of you for the help and support. This forum is just great!

[jason 82]

Well done Sylvian, every cloud has a silver lining. I hope that your new engine is as strong as an ox ! Chin up mate.