Head Cracked on Turbo

March discovered a head gasket problem, lots of white smoke pouring out the back of the car, turned out to be a cracked head. Also slightly warped. The crack is from the No.2 Exhaust valve all the way to the water hole in the side & between both Valves. B.J. Ashpole Ltd in Bishop's Stortford Tel +44 (0)1279 653211 (UK) who have 50 years of experience managed to repair it better than new, they spent a whole day on it & have all the gear for this sort of work. Should be refitting late April 06.


I also have a man in the UK that also knows how to convert the 121 Tii heads into a Turbo head – basically they need machining out so that it’s lower compression & the only other difference is the exhaust studs are 10mm & not 8mm. So I’ll now hunt for a good Tii head & get him to convert it this winter.


So I do hope to be mobile in a month & wild horses won’t stop me getting to Bavaria.

BMW did have some last year for £600 but none left now. Andy Andexer charging €1200 is a little bit too step for me. The pitting is from water, now all polished out.