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help, really bad luck, on the way down to cornwall on sat engine went pop. was travelling along nicely when, felt a judder followed by plumes of white smoke and oil pi**ing out rear, total loss of power, and refusal to start. on inspection, with my limited knowledge, all cooling fluid gone and oil leeking all over A30. dipped the oil but does'nt seem to be any emulsion?? am at a loss. i'm waiting to get it looked at. hope its nothing too serious?

oh no! bad news

I'm afraid it does sound rather terminal

Rich

and the engine is...?

sorry 1.9 petrol watercooled

Sorry to hear that you've had a big bang catastrophe,
... head gasket in a big way? Have you looked for holes in top of crankcase, seems it's that season again... they're usually obvious, and usually 2.1s