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cheers thanks a lot for the advice. sounds about right. will keep an eye on it. it's running fine, little less power but otherwise fine. i will have it apart this weekend and change the gaskets anyway, replace oil ect.

ah, i see. some for parking up and moving. not much else though

no. some infrequent 90 mile journeys and some more frequent 7 mile journeys. so to reiterate i make a 90 mile journey to my home town and 90 miles back every one or two months (for the weekend) and maybe 2-3 times a week i will drive a 7 mile journey to uni and 7 miles back again.

no, sorry. 90 mile journeys there and again back (once every month or two) i don't go above 70 mph and 3krpm on the motorway. and a few trips to university which is about 7 miles there and seven back. cheers

Oil. last change about 4-5 months ago. driving wise, the odd 180 mile round trip every month or other (keep it at about 65-70 less than 3Krpm....she is old) and the 14 mile round to uni when it is wet (quite a lot over the recent months but less now) last oil before this week was about 7 weeks...

ah, didn't think about cracks in block, diagnosis gets tricky for me. too many things to go wrong causing same symptoms. quite a lot of stuff in the engine. can do work myself, most tools, no hoist or pit though. i just really need the car to be running for another 3 months. do you think...

hi, when i went to check the oil in my 1.3 ohv 1990 escort the other day i found it to be VERY low. bought oil, popped the cap and Oh! something like mayonnaise in the engine. Very strange. after a think, something about gaskets came to mind, Head?? but seems to be no loss of coolent and no...