Collected Cesil this morning and, to quote Damien "You're one very lucky boy".

I think you can add relieved to that :whistle:

Headgasket :- it had broken between cylinders 1&2 and 5&6, fortunately no damage had been caused to either the head or the block.

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8n42mktk.jpg

Bearings :- all worn to a degree as could be expected. However, 4 shells were quite badly worn.

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/...pswa32lx0v.jpg

Well worth having the work done, might buy a lottery ticket tonight.

Wow. Good catch pops!

I have an annual compression test every year (abt 3k miles) and whilst not a silver bullet, I think it's a reasonable (cost) check for potential prob.

When I was down there having the brakes fitted I got a bit of a hint.

Gareth did a compression test and cylinder 5 took a few more engine cranks to get the reqd pressure up, he said at the time he thought it'd be the gasket.

All good now so I can breathe again :thumbs:

Preventive maintainance at its best. Has got me thinking now.

Nice one Pops. Well worth doing for a bit of extra peace of mind

I was curious what the shells would look like - thanks for sharing.

im gonna check mine this winter....cant recall in the last rebuld if the head came off coz if not its done 50k miles since it was checked.

Good to meet up today bud :thumbs:

It's going to happen to every Csl at some point.

Great timing to catch it at this stage.

You to mate. :thumbs: