Imp collected first thing and strapped securely to a huge trailers.
Then I followed in the SAAB (with the check engine light shining brightly) to Blue Diamond at Rochford. I only beat him by 5 mins in the end after stops and going slightly wrong. Easy run though and only took me about 90 minutes.
So we off loaded the poor car and they started work immediately - trying to get it started. Nice fat sparks but no luck - luckily I thought.
They had a nice Salmson used for racing in the workshop with they moved to get the Imp in.
Home was longer especially as it included me missing the A130 turning and then after a break going via Ipswich and the dentist. News was quick in coming though.
Basically the head gasket was blown and by the time they phoned me they had already taken the head off and cleaned the muck out of the water ways and cleaned the muck out of the radiator - so far they think we caught it before much damage was done. We'll see when it all goes back together.
Finally a MK7 ride to the shops and more spending - but not, I suspect, as much as this will cost me.
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