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Issue 2 will prob be headgasket, if water can get in oil the reverse is possible.
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I agree to the headgasket, but I had this problem and asked my mechanic (Motor Guru, Ipswich. Highly recommended) who told me there is also a possibility that the oil cooler has failed. The fine ali matrix casting corrodes and gives way easily if water only coolant is used. You can disconnect it and run for a while to see if oil comes out of the inlet or exit tubes, if it does, it has. As it happened after cleaning the reservoir no more oil appeared so he has just given the headgasket a clean bill of health. Must have been residual from a previous problem before I bought it. :woop:
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That sounds very dodgy, any enginw can over heat.
I'd recommend getting a garage to do a sniff test on the rad to see if there are exhaust gasses present.
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For Issue No 1, try either where the cabling goes through the bulkhead. Driver's side above the steering column, helps if you take off the plastic trim and wipers. Use a long thin thing, like a skewer, to help it through. Or, I am told but haven't used it myself, there is a blanking plate low down on the bulkhead on the left - in the passenger footwell area.
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I just decided to drill a new hole for my amp wire for the easiest and I did it too follow bonnet catch wire
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