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I've spoken to the seller......
The garage quoted him £950 to do the job. He said that if the car doesn't sell on Ebay he'll probably bite the bullet and get the repair done, as he couldn't see it get scrapped.......it's too good.
The header tank came apart at the seam and was leaking coolant. He took it to the garage and they pressure tested the engine (compression test presumably), and they said the head gasket has gone - he did say there was no white smoke.....but I forgot to ask if there was any loss of power.
Also there's some noise from the manifold until the engine has warmed up, this is thought to be the exhaust gasket.
The MOT has run out, and the car has been at the garage some time (several weeks I think he said), and they're rather keen to see it gone.
Other than that, the car is in very good, well looked after condition.
The seller seems to be a bit of a Citroen enthusiast. He said he used to own a CX, and he regrets selling it (what is it about CX's?). He then got a XM V6 and had loads of problems with it (mostly electrical), then settled on a poverty spec car - less gadgets = less problems.....makes sense I suppose.
So.........
If I were to aquire this car, what could I transplant into it from one of my air conditioned, electric seated and armrested, cruise controlled, trip computer equipped exclusives......I'm rather attatched to my little luxuries
I really like the look of the car (love the colour), but as I said previously, I have the major problem of where to keep another unroadlegal car.
The thought has occurred to me to fit a replacement header tank, put it in for MOT and if it passes drive it home.
Paul
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) of your XM collection, or perhaps searching for those elusive headlight washer covers? This is the place to do it.
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