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FWIW, I feel the OP’s pain. An ex of mine was historically rubbish with money and dropped into conversation that her five year old Yaris with 40k on the clock had never received a service, ever.
Not unusual, the wife works for Kia UK and they regularly have customers bring in a car with a knackered engine after several years without ever servicing the car. They expect Kia to give them a new one under warranty as "the cars come with a 7 year warranty".
Threads like this really put me off buying a used car!
As my grandad would've said
"She wants her bloody arse punchin'"
Suggest she goes for a road trip to Watford (shouldn't take much persuading if she's driven 29k miles due to boredom 😀 ) and the car will conveniently [url= https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/anti-car-schadenfreude/ ]get written off[/url]...
I had a full rebuild of my 1993 Corsa 1.5 TD when I went through a ford in the Lakes and sucked in water. I did have the bent con rod and knackered piston as a momento for a few years. A back street garage stripped and rebuilt it for about £900 IIRC.
That was nearly 30 years ago! £1925 today according to the Bank of England inflation calculator, average of 2.8% per year.
I'd have k sealed it before taking the head off. As a punt
Now as I've said I'd put a lump in it. You could try some jb weld and flating it off but I doubt itll go for long.
I'm not going down the lecture path. You know. I'd like to think she'll now know.
That was nearly 30 years ago! £1925 today according to the Bank of England inflation calculator, average of 2.8% per year.
I doubt he rattled through a ford at speed in 93 in his shiny new 93 TD Corsa ....surprised a 1.5td ate water and needed work though..... Isuzu should have compressed the shit out that water hahhah
Was it the 1500 that had the headgaskets with the notches for thickness..
Any heavy skim rendered it scrap or needing the pistons skimmed
No idea but they could take a fair bit of extra boost without lunching the HG
That was nearly 30 years ago!
You're right, doesn't seem that long ago! Although I think I had it for nearly 10 years, put something like 250k miles on it in the end.
.surprised a 1.5td ate water and needed work though…
It ate a lot IIRC, drove through the ford one way when it was a few inches deep, then coming back I just assumed it was the same depth. Hit 2' of water at about 40mph which probably forced a fair amount into the air intake. Then drove onto Ambleside with what looked like a smoke generator strapped to the car, 1/4 of the fuel was being ignited in the exhaust and generating plumes of dense fog behind the car. Car was pronounced 'dead' by a garage in Ambleside. Had the AA tow it back to a local garage near work, in Old Harlow, who repaired it, inc drying the inside out (my passenger opened the door in 2' of water, which promptly turned the car into a swimming pool).
Www.breakeryard.com
You put in an online request form and the car breakerists get back tl you witj a price
Not used it for a few years but used to be a good option
Any update
Yeah c'mon @geordiemick00 what did you decide in the end? Don't keep us hanging.