It all began with a mad moment on ebay when I bid on and won my overpriced, overstated and underperforming van.
It was advertised as a runner and apart from the engine being a bit lumpy the test drive seemed OK.
So I parted with £1200
of my hard earned cash, got insurance cover over the phone a set off on my adventure 
What a mug 
After about 10 miles the engine started to get hot and vent steam from the radiator overflow pipe. I stopped and topped it up but no joy - as soon as I got going again the same thing happened.
I only got it home (at about 2 in the morning) with the help of the AA who advised me that the head gasket had failed
Still, by the next day I was feeling optimistic and was pretty sure the AA man had got it wrong about the Head Gasket and it was just a simple case of overheating.
And it actually doesn't look too bad from a distance
What this engine needed was a good clean up so I could see what was going on
Now that nasty looking gunk in the thermostat housing may have something to do with it
Now that's looking better all ready
More to follow if anyone's interested.........
