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MG MGF Technical - Another possible HGF

Sorry its another post about this folks, but I'd appreciate any advice you can offer. I've read through a few older posts on the subject and I don't hold out much hope.....

Anyway, got a call from the missus today at tea time saying she was stuck in traffic on an A-road and that there was smoke coming from the back. What should she do? Straight away I got her to look at the engine temp and told her to get off the road and switch off until I got there.

On inspection, there was no water in the expansion tank. She insists the temp didn't go into the red, being between the last dot and the red itself.

I gave it some water and started up. We've drove the 2 miles back home without it overheating and without it losing any more water. The radiator came on fine too when I left it on the driveway. I'm not sure about contamination yet as its still a little too hot.

What irritates is that it had a replacement cylinder head after a previous failure in February last year, about 11k ago. This was ddone at a Rover main dealer (Horners in Manchester). I'm not sure if I have any recourse but surely a main dealer replacement 18 months and 11k shouldn't be a problem?

Anyone got any soothing words?

D Forber

Hi , i hope yours is better than the state mine is in (see my thread mgf knackered)
Good luck !
Mel
m e johnson

It may not be as bad as it seems, if there is no oil contamination refill the coolant system making sure its properly bleed and buy a new coolant filler cap and then take the car to be pressure tested.
C Tideswell

Had the same thing recently but no mayo.

Coolant loss traced to a hole in the engine inlet hose caused by chaffing against the clutch slave cylinder mounting bracket. It's quite difficult to spot. I started a thread about this, search for 'engine inlet hose'.

Rob Bell may have some photos on his site.

Ken Waring

Buy a coolant level warning system. Invaluable on the MGF. A piercing bleep in your left ear will soon make you pull over.
Mike Howlett

"Coolant loss traced to a hole in the engine inlet hose caused by chaffing against the clutch slave cylinder mounting bracket. It's quite difficult to spot. I started a thread about this, search for 'engine inlet hose'."

I noticed this recently when doing my cam belt, and put a spare S/S hose clip around the hose to rub on the bracket. A bit more thought and this could have been eliminated - like a lot of other things!!
Jerry Herbert

i agree with mike get a level sensor if anything goes wrong you know really quick and mabye prevent disaster. hope everything is ok.
d l brown

Ken,

Don't suppose you have Rob Bells site address?

thanks

john
john ip

Rob's excellent site is at

http://www.mgf.ultimatemg.com/
Dave Livingstone

Thanks Dave,

THought I'd better check mine while before the hard top goes on.

john
john ip

I had a look at Rob's site but couldn't find them.
Take a look at www.mynos.co.uk you can save the images to your PC and see them at a sensible resolution.
Ken Waring

This thread was discussed between 23/08/2006 and 26/08/2006

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