Well something had to wrong didnt it! after passing mot and spending £200 on it then insuring and taxing it, it has a cracked piston liner.
It happend when i dropped from 4th to 3rd going up a hill, just a puff of white smoke and loss of power. First thoughts headgasket later inspection reveals cracked piston liner.
How difficult are they to change with the engine insitu?
Not really after pulling it out.
Man I have had some tough love with this car.