I don’t quite know how I’m coping. I’m faced with a huge disaster of monsterous proportions. Rebecca’s engine is dead. Dead dead. Not, as I hoped, a bit dead. But seriously, not taking the piss, dead dead dead. Two cylinders are now screwed. The entire cylinder head appears to have been suffering from serious overheating for a long time, hidden by the fact that the one bit of engine that coolant was really flowing through is right by the damn thermometer.
I need a new engine, and 700 quid is the cost of a rebuilt one, so that is just not going to happen. A second hand engine, from uh, Liverpool, seems to be my best current option – but it’s a 1300 engine (which I’d like) but um, may require work to fit. What the fuck do I do? I don’t know. I’m still panicing if I’m honest. I’ll just have to see what the guys at the MMOC suggest tonight.
