Xk engine: bottom end assessment

Tech solutions and real world tips

Rather than shell out for a new engine, Charles Beddingfield decides to give his motorboat’s old BMC 1.8 diesel some much-needed love

Fixing advice from our garage proprietor Steve Rothwell

Rick’s finally got his partner’s Scott running again after it lunched the big end. All he needed to do was make his own piston rings. Well, wouldn’t you...?

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

Back to basics in the workshop