Hello,

 

After a beautiful day in the peaks yesterday, unfortunately my head gasket has gone and needs to be repaired.

The car is near Sheffield at the moment, so if anyone can recommend some garages there please let me know.

I contacted John Ashley in Rotherham and a number of garages in Dore & Totley already but no luck so far, everyone seems to be booked until August / don't want to take on head gasket jobs.

 

Thank you,

Assuming yours is a K series, these lot are MG Rover specialists, but they are often booked up for ages, are based in Derby, but do HG repairs at their garage or at your place. They came and did a full belt change and service on my KV6. They drove to Devon at petrol cost.

http://www.mg-rovermobilemechanics.com

Yes you're right, k series rover engine.

Not sure about mobile mechanics as the head would need to be pressure-tested?

 

 

When he came last year to do my KV6, showed him another MG of mine with a 1.8 K that had an oil leak from the belt end. He confirmed what I thought, HGF, but I did it myself, did not do a pressure test or a skim as there was no overheating at all. Car still running OK many months later.....in the blurb on their web site does not say how/if they can do a pressure test.

Have done several others previously and did have the head tested and skimmed on those occasions.

Sorry to hear about your head gasket failure - we're having the weather for them just now!

Have you tried Chris FOULDS in Huddersfield? Being a Lotus man of thirty plus years his work is very exacting but he is always busy. Worth a conversation in case he can squeeze it in.

I know too that Performance Autocare in Kanaresborough do a lot of Lotu work and often feature Elise cars in their media.

They have an open day this coming Saturday which might give you the opportunity to discuss solutions.

The speak to Steve Barnes in the East Yorkshire Lotus club as he runs Classic Transporter as a like minded enthusiast if you need any help with transport of the car.

You may know all this but if not, I hope it helps