Originally Posted by john.wigley (Post 2941842)

He thinks that the block is cracked ... what led him to that conclusion?

Cracked blocks are (thankfully) quite rare and are usually caused through frost damage due to little or no antifreeze.

The symptoms that you describe are much more likely to be due to HG failure in my view. I'd check for that first in the usual way before worrying about the block. If it is the block, I'd look for a good secondhand engine as a replacement, since block repairs can be difficult and may not always be successful.

Regards, John.

Originally Posted by Simeon90 (Post 2942877)

Have you got any further diagnosis on this? You haven't got it with the 'specialist' in Brighouse have you? The guys a crook

Originally Posted by rickb2411 (Post 2943356)

No I haven't, I was thinking of getting it to the Bradford specialist but can't get it in until next week.im not sure what to do with it, cut my loss and sell as a none runner or throw money at it again.

Originally Posted by Simeon90 (Post 2943600)

I wouldn't get rid of it until you know for sure, as said it's far more likely that they've not sealed the EGR properly. If you get another garage to confirm that you can go back to Brighouse and ask them to pay for repair since definitely their fault .. or more likely pay to repair it and then drag them through small claims court.