Handy Hints.

1. Don't replace your old petrol pipes with black cotton-braided
pipe from the car spares shop, no matter how cool it looks.
The braid hides the perished rubber and doesn't show the leaks
until they start gushing.

2. Occasionally turn the petrol tap to "prime" while fettling
so you can smell any leaks rather than discovering that your boots
are soaked when stopped at traffic lights.

3. Don't buy a Vauxhall. My naughty water pump seized, snapping the
timing belt and breaking the tensioner pulley off the oil pump casing.
Replacing the oil pump requires the sump to be removed, which
requires the engine to be removed....

 

Ow. I'm guessing that coupled with the possible bent valves/piston
damage the things a write-off then? This happened to my dad (well, the
water pump bit) on his diesel astra. Since then I always replace the
water pump when doing a cam belt change. For the sake of 40 quid, it's
worth it.


Tiff, master of the art of untimely advice.

 

No apparent valve-piston interference. Such a low compression ratio
that there is oodles of clearance. They could have used the old
sidevalve engine and still got the same performance.

 

How true. Happens with all the fuel lines on the older Alfas.

See above.
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