deMort said:From the pictures ..
X2 silencers .
Front and rear discs and pads .
X4 coffin arms .. not urgent but they will be debonding .. not an MOT fail though .
Brake pipe o/s/f where it enters the car.
Front shocks .. hmm .. ok but dont look pleasent .. clean and protect .
Rear main / oil leaks .. looks ok .. old misting .. so im disagreeing with the garage there .. i dont see any fresh oil.
Probably wants a clutch .. biteing point high would certainly indicate to me it needs one let alone being a hard pedal .
Water from the exhaust .. pretty normal .. you would have taisted sulpher and a mixture of co2 / acid in it .. if it WAS coolant then the engine would no longer be running !
From the general corrosion then i hope the garage removed all the under trays as i suspect the brake pipes under the L shaped panel will also be heavily corroded .
All in all .. a fair bit of corrosion but fairly normal for a car that hasnt had any protective waxoil etc and is maybe slighlty under serviced .
It will need approx 5k of work there though .
Thanks.
The oil leak photo isn't great, I should have got a close up but wanted to give an idea of the area it was coming from. It's definitely a current oil leak as I took a drip of fresh wet oil on my finger.
The water from the exhaust must have been from washing or a coincidence of the weather. Dry day today and no water, oil smell or smoke from the exhaust (although admittedly it's not even attached). There was a slight ticking noise from the engine which I believe can be a sign of bore score if loud. Not sure if a slight tick is normal?