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  • Hoverbob replied to the topic Mgf front RH headlight in Wanted
    Yup we did something similar to that we tested it with some old blue vinyl wrap we had and left it on high beam for quite awhile and nothing happened. However this is definitely not intended to be a long term fix haha
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  • Hoverbob replied to the topic Mgf front RH headlight in Wanted
    Fantastic thank you guys very much! I'll have to looking to getting some mk2 ones but mk2 mg's are rear as in new Zealand let alone getting parts! Funnily enough chrome vinyl wrap worked well enough for it to pass and they both looked exactly the same!
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  • Hoverbob created a new forum post in Wanted
    Hey my mgf recently failed what we call a warrant of fitness (wof) in new Zealand due to the headlight not being bright enough. Turns out it was the reflective coating on the inside had just worn away and lost all of its reflective ability. Was wondering if anyone had a headlight that they would be happy to part with for a fair price? As rimmer brothers has one that including shipping would be almost $600(nzd)!!!
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  • Hoverbob thanked the user deepfat in the forum post, Coolant/heater line issue of some sort.....
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  • Hoverbob thanked the user BruceTF135 in the forum post, Coolant/heater line issue of some sort.....
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  • Hey y'all haven't been on the forum for a while as I decided to just bypass the heater lines for now and plan to come back to this issue which I suspect as a few have said that it's either the heater matrix or the heater pipes. Decided this was the best course of action as I was really just trying to get it road legal and had other more important issues to fix..... Like front subframe rust and all my suspension needed to be replaced 😭😭. But thanks again for all the advice and help!!
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  • Another thing is that it wasn't coming from the two coolant pipes that are exposed when you go under the car as the water was dripping/pouring down from above them as in the floor/bottom of the car and out of two holes either side of the piping
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  • I haven't been able to entirely eliminate all the piping just yet but I would assume so as it wasn't over heating the few times I drove it before and they were for an hour or so where this was more like 20-40 minutes however as Cobber suggested the process of draining and then filling and the short time it may have been circulating could have loosened up a bunch of gunk/rust or whatever and caused a blockage and build up of pressure and maybe a hose split or something but I haven't had the time just yet to look into it much further... This connecter that you say has a tendency to fail under pressure whereabouts is this located and I'll make sure to have a close look in and around it!
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  • I wasn't aware that there were three bleed points!! The workshop manual only showed me the radiator and heater bleed points however I may have missed it! I'll have a look into doing a pressure test like you say as that'll probably be the easiest way to find and diagnose it I'll have to have a look on some of the nz tool sites to see if I can find something like that!
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  • Hoverbob created a new forum post in MGF/TF Pitstop
    Hey all so today I decided I'd do a coolant flush and clean of the radiator just using some radiator flush stuff. I followed all the steps in the workshop manual properly and had my dad was helping me as well(I'm only 18 and this is my first car 😬)

    We drained all the water that was in it (bought it from someone who appears to not have taken care of it properly) filled it back up bleed the whole system and then started my mgf to get it up to temp and to the point where the radiator fan turned on.

    We let it sit running for a little bit like that just to get everything going through then I look behind me and see a huge amount of steam coming up from around the engine cover/t bar area. Turned the car off took the cover off everything's fine push the passenger seat forward and a heap of water had pooled there (was a tiny bit on the driver's side but hardly any) we then looked under the car and an absolute massive puddle of water had appeared and was dripping out of the bottom of the car.

    I had a look in the center console area where the heater lines seem to run(may be wrong correct me if I am) and the water hadn't come from there, it was bone dry. So we pull back some of the carpet and the sound deading and it seems to possibly have come from around the fuel tank area but we're not sure as we didn't have a chance to get the metal plate off today to check.

    We have no clue how this happened as it hasn't happened the past few times I've driven it before or anything like that(mind you I haven't used the heater) and when we opened the expansion tank after it cooled down there was absolutely no liquid left in it. Does anyone have any idea why this might have happened and what I can do about it?? Not sure if it's too important but its a 1997 mk1 vvc mgf.

    Any help or ideas at all would be a huge help!!
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