Recent content by PAOMAN

The saga continues... Having bought a replacement head (cheers Matt) , stripped and checked it , relapped the valve seats put in new guide seals etc etc and left nothing to chance the engine has a lumpy idle. If I remove HT lead number 3 the engine still sounds the same. Have checked valve...

Hi, An engine swap is a real pain. The PAO engine bay is much smaller and crammed with extras and I ended up removing the engine from the bottom of the car. If the engine and box are OK I'd just replace the head - mine were on their way out so I bought a low mileage 1.2gs which ran perfectly...

My wife is running up taxi fares for the nursery run so the sooner the better for me! Whereabouts are you Speedle? I'd be interested if you're not too far from KT6 4EL Cheers, Simon

Hi, I have recently swapped out my 1.0 L MA10 engine in my PAO (ECC controlled with Catalyser for a MA12 from a 1990 1.2 GSX. The MA12 motor has bent its valves following a cambelt failure so I now need to rebuild one of the heads but which one... Which head will give the best...

Hi all, I drive a PAO and fitted a MA12 engine a few months ago and did 1000 miles before the cambelt snapped , suspect the pistons have bent the valves - That'll teach me to rush the engine swap! Now on the lookout for a decent s/hand head failing that I'll go the rebuild route as I've sunk...