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RE: When a Deal isn't a Deal: The saga continues...
How motoring has changed, it used to be the head gasket that blew/leaked with similar results,
This was a reasonably common happening in my early days of motoring.
At least @allforthegood had enough sense to give you a ring when things went wrong.
We had one of my friend's wives ring up and ask if the little red light that said "OIL" was important? It came on when she started the car to go into town and had stayed on as she drove about 20 to 25 miles before the car suddenly stopped and wouldn't start again.
Oh, no! I bet her husband wasn't too happy.
It took us a couple of weeks, after hours, to clean all the metal out of the oilways and re- build it
The crankshaft needed a re-grind as well..
When we finished it and drove it back to his place, checked the oil, it was full of metal, again.
Towed his car back to the workshop, stripped it, when they had done the re- grind the was a faint feather edge to the oil holes, this was enough to tear the linings on the mains and big ends,
A bit of smoothing, another set of bearings, and a week cleaning the oilways and he was right for the next 4 years before he traded the car for a newer one.