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copy of http://shame.4mg.com| MGF Owner | Type | Registered | Air Filter | Exhaust | Chip | Cat Bypass | Failure # | Milage at Failure | Age (months) | Miles since service | Engine work other than routine servicing prior to HGF | Type of Use | Additional work required at repair |
| Adam Diggins; Basingstoke (N610YRB) | Mpi | Nov-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 30000 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| Alan; Buntingford (N203FLP) | Mpi | Aug-95 | Cone | PR3 exp | - | Y | 1st | 90000 | 49 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Alfred; Kent | Mpi | Apr-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 48600 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Alistair; Nottingham (M11DDO) | Mpi | Aug-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 26300 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Allan Holmes; (CH) | VVC | Nov-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 7000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Allan Inness; Nottingham (N850TAY) | VVC | ? | - | - | - | Y | 1st | 60000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Andreas Holzhammer; (D) | Mpi | Mar-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 37500 | 27 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Andrew Pollard | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 21500 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Andy; York; Stevenage | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 11500 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Andy Bourne; Hull (C19 MGF) | Mpi | ?-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 27353 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Annelise Vincent, Fulham | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 46000 | 60 | 500 | - | all | - |
| Bastian Anthon; (D) (NOM-YF43) | VVC | Nov-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 39500 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Ben; Kent | VVC | ?-1998 | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Bill Butland; Norfolk | VVC | Oct-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 24000 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| Boris Klug; (D) | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Bryan Nolan; London (R110 LHG) | VVC | Nov-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 27572 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| Carl; Guilford | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 18000 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Reeves; Newcastle (P715XTN) | Mpi | Sep-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 31926 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Chris; Newcastle | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 20000 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Christian Tuerke; Munich (D) (STACT52) | Mpi | Oct-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 10000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Dafydd; Cardiff | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 22000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Dave; St. Albans | VVC | ?-98 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 35000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Dave Driver; Dorset (P112APR) | Mpi | Apr-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 37000 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| Dave Williams; Herts | VVC | Apr-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| David; Hampshire | VVC | Feb-98 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 16000 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Diane & Gordon; Rugby (N4DJW) | Mpi | Dec-95 | - | SP | - | - | 1st | 18000 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Dirk; Dudelange; (L) (DV042) | VVC | Jun-97 | K&N | SP | ICON | Y | 1st | 35000 | 11 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Ed Wheeler; Hatfield | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Emma; Somerset | VVC | May-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 30000 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Leysen; Antwerp; (B) | VVC | Mar-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 27000 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Franky Obus; Antwerp; (B) | Mpi | Apr-97 | K&N | SP | - | - | 1st | 21000 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Gaz; Worcester Park (P15VVC) | ? | Aug-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 42000 | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Gerry; Clacks | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Gert-Jan Wiegman; (NL) | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Gillian Grafton; Shrewsbury | Mpi | Sep-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 36000 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| Graham Wilson; Northumberland | ? | ?-1997 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 18000 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Graham Wright; Weymouth | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 26000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Graham; London | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Guido Pfennig; (D) | Mpi | Feb-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Hazel; Munich; (D) | VVC | Jun-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 8000 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Iain McCulloh | Mpi | Sep-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 25500 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| James King | VVC | ?-1997 | - | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jamie Sidney; London | VVC | Oct-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 26000 | 24 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Jan; Sweden | ? | ? | ? | ? | ICON | ? | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Jason; Munich (D) | Mpi | Mar-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 15000 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Jo Wilson | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Joachim G.; Berlin (D) | Mpi | ?-1997 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 41000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| John | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| John Fontana | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 23000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Jon Baker; Cumbria | VVC | Apr-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 36000 | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Julian Foulger; Avon | ? | ?-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 29000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| John Houston; Scotland | ? | ?-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Julian Kemp; Bristol | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 14000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Karen; Rochdale | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 12000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Kenneth Fung (HK) | Mpi | Mar-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 11000 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Kim Harpur | ? | Sep-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 29000 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| Laurent (D) | Mpi | May-98 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 11500 | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Linda; Perth (AUS) | ? | ?-1998 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 22000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Loic; (F) | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 13000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Luc; Brussels (B) (GHC216) | Mpi | Aug-96 | K&N | SP | - | - | 1st | 20000 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| Margarete N. (D) | Mpi | Oct-98 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 27000 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| Margret T; Bad Homburg (D) | Mpi | ?-1996 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 25000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Thomas; London | Mpi | Jun-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 28000 | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| Marcus Abele; Stuttgart (D) | Mpi | ?-2000 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 27000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Markus O. (D) | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 20000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Martin; Bristol | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 30000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew Callaghan; Warwickshire | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 40000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew Johnson; Wexham (M66MAT) | VVC | Jan-97 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 29000 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew; Portsmouth (P293MOW) | Mpi | Feb-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 22000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew Wallis; Hampshire (N809MGH) | VVC | ?-1996 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 52000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| mctravin@foni.net (D) | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| MG Enthusiast Staff Car (!) | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Buckerfield; Staines; Middx | VVC | ?-1996 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 15000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Michael S; Cottbus (D) | VVC | Apr-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 30000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Michelle Eggleton; Edenbridge; Kent | Mpi | Feb-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 16200 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Mike; Basildon | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Mike; Birmingham | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 18000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Mike; London | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Mike; Milton Keynes | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 8500 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Smith | Mpi | Mar-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 60000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Neil; Surrey | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 6000 | ? | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Nigel Cliffe | Mpi | Jan-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 18000 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Nigel Wing | Mpi | Oct-95 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 45000 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Nik; Hammersmith | VVC | Jan-98 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 11000 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Niklas (B) | VVC | ?-1997 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 41000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Nikolaj Klingemann; (D) | VVC | Apr-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 29000 | 36 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Paul; Droitwich (P9VLS) | VVC | Aug-96 | Ramair | Double S | - | Y | 1st | 24000 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Paul; Glasgow (P619OCS) | Mpi | Apr-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 23000 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Holdsworth; Oxfordshire | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Paul; Norwich | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 11000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Paul; Preston | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 11000 | 24 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Pealy; Manchester (N23TPM) | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 60000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Pete; Southampton | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Ambrose; Oxfordshire | VVC | ?-1996 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 37000 | 53 | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Wavish; Sussex | Mpi | Dec-95 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 35733 | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Phil Roberts | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 19000 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Ralph Marlow | Mpi | Apr-96 | - | SP | ICON | - | 1st | 35900 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Andy; York | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Casey | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| reported by Dieter; Germany | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| reported by Dieter's dealer | Mpi | Nov-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 21875 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Dirk; Luxembourg | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Dirk; Luxembourg | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| reported by John Thomas' dealer | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by John Thomas' dealer | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Mike Satur | ? | ?-1998 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 30000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Mike Satur | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 6950 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Paul (P22AMW) | VVC | Apr-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 25000 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Pete; Southampton | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Dirk's dealer | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Dirk's dealer | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Dirk's dealer | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Dirk's dealer | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Max; Hong Kong | Mpi | ? | - | Motobuild | ICON | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Sandra; Basingstoke | VVC | ?-1997 | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Sarah; Bristol | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| reported by Sophie; London | VVC | ?-1996 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 27000 | ? | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| reported on MGF Technical BBS | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported on MGF Technical BBS | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported on MGF Technical BBS | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported on MGF Technical BBS | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported on MGF Technical BBS | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| reported on MGF Technical BBS | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Rhys; Surrey | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 9000 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Cook; London | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Hyde; Northampton (N159TBD) | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Richard M. | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 15000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Rik Spangle; Walsall | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Rover Dormagen LE75 demo car | Mpi | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Sam; Leeds (N819MYG) | Mpi | Jan-96 | K&N | SP | - | - | 1st | 32000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Scott Martin; Australia | VVC | ?-1997 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 39000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Simon; North Wales | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Stefan Gibney; Crawley/Zurich | Mpi | Mar-96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 29910 | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| Steffen Holz (G) | Mpi | Nov-96 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 38000 | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve & Carole Bowley; Bedford | VVC | Feb-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 24000 | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Burnell | VVC | Aug-98 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 24000 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Coombs; Portsmouth | VVC | ? | K&N | SP | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Murphy; Cheshire | Mpi | Dec-95 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 32000 | 61 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve; Farnborough (K333MGF) | VVC | Jun-97 | - | - | - | - | 1st | ? | ? | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Steve; London | VVC | Oct-97 | K&N | Piper | ICON | Y | 1st | 11500 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Nicolas Tschann (F) | Mpi | ?-98 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 19000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Satchwell | VVC | Nov-97 | K&N | - | - | Y | 1st | 15000 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Randell; Farnham (P305DPB) | Mpi | Mar-97 | K&N | - | - | - | 1st | 32000 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Tony; Orpington | VVC | ? | - | - | - | - | 1st | 11000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Tony; Utrecht (NL) | Mpi | Aug-97 | K&N | SP | - | - | 1st | 19000 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Vanessa; Herts | Mpi | Sep-95 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 31000 | 49 | - | - | - | - |
| Wolfgang; (A) | VVC | Jan-97 | Pipercross | Motobuild | LRI | - | 1st | 18000 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Dave Quigley, Ireland | Mpi | Nov 95 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 29800 | - | - | - | - | Block warped, new engine fitted. |
| Thomas Frohn, Germany | Mpi | 13-08-98 | - | Jahnsen | - | - | 1st | 23750 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Mike, Croydon | Mpi | May 1998 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 25500 | 31 | As per book | - | mix of town, country and motorway | - |
| Chris Cowen, Essex | VVC | - | - | - | - | - | 1st | 55000 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| reported by Sarah; Bristol | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Russell Aram, Nottingham UK | Mpi | 1995 | K&N 57i | - | - | - | 1st | 26000 | 72 | 4000 | - | City Use | - |
| Dave Ryott, Lancs | Mpi | Sept 96 | - | - | - | - | 1st | 35000 | 60 | 10000 | - | Motorway, Highway, very little city | - |
| Allan Holmes; (CH) | VVC | Nov-96 | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 11000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Andreas Holzhammer; (D) | Mpi | Mar-97 | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 45000 | 30 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Christian Tuerke; Munich (D) (STACT52) | Mpi | Oct-97 | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 15000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Diane & Gordon; Rugby (N4DJW) | Mpi | Dec-95 | - | SP | - | - | 2nd | 32000 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Dirk; Dudelange; (L) (DV042) | VVC | Jun-97 | K&N | SP | ICON | Y | 2nd | 51500 | 19 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Hazel; Munich; (D) | VVC | Jun-97 | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 8200 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Karen; Rochdale | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 18000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Linda; Perth (AUS) | ? | ?-1998 | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 35000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Luc; Brussels (B) (GHC216) | Mpi | Aug-96 | K&N | SP | - | - | 2nd | 70000 | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew; Portsmouth (P293MOW) | Mpi | Feb-97 | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 37000 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Christian Tuerke; Munich (D) (STACT52) | Mpi | Oct-97 | - | - | - | - | 3rd | 16250 | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Dirk; Dudelange; (L) (DV042) | VVC | Jun-97 | K&N | SP | ICON | Y | 3rd | 70000 | 27 | - | - | - | Engine Replaced |
| Pete Fincher, Southampton | VVC | January 1998 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 19,762 | 33 | - | None | mostly non motorway | None |
| Ralph, Kent | Mpi | April 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 81813 | 40 | 5000 | Pipe from engine to heater replaced due to corrosion (coolant lost) 1 month prior to failure | Motorway | New waterpump, exhaust front cam seal, inlet manifold gasket |
| Wolfgang H. | VVC | 06/1996 | K&N | - | - | No | 1st | 18.000 | 41 | 20 | change of waterpump | city | None |
| -Alexander Pusch/Hamburg/ Germany | VVC | -March 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -39000 | -33 | -20 | None | -Autobahn | None |
| Dylan Cole-Jones, Liverpool | VVC | November 97 | Standard | Standard | - | No | 1st | 43k | 41 | 3 | Coil change, Cooling Sensor replaced | Motorway | None |
| Michael Bender, Germany | Mpi | 12/98 | Pipercross Cone | British Cars Jansen Exaust | - | No | 1st | 64000 | 38 | 4000 | None | City and Highway | Price over all, for fitting : 1300.- DM |
| Ari Halonen, Oslo Norway | Mpi | april 1998 | K/N Cone | Daytona 4-pipe system | - | No | 1st | 19000 | 35 | 6000 | None | City | - |
| Steve Cady, Surrey UK | VVC | Nov 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 29,000 | 40 | 4,000 | None | Daily, highway & motorway | None |
| Karl, Kent | Mpi | 1996 | Standard | Standard | N/A | No | 2nd | 35,000 | 60 | - | None | City | None |
| Daniel Hardy Romford (essex) | VVC | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 6495 | 70 | - | None | Town | skimming |
| Simon Bayntun - Yorkshire | VVC | -1996 | Factory | Factroy | None | No | 1st | 34,343 | 52 | 484 | None | Recreational | None |
| Levent Günes - Solingen/Germany | Mpi | 08/98 | Normal | serial | serial | No | 1st | 45000 | 31 | 1000 | None | Highway | None |
| PAUL DUNCAN,STOKE-ON-TRENT,STAFFORDSHIRE,ENGLAND | VVC | 1997 | STANDARD | STANDARD | STANDARD | No | 1st | 34,000 | 47 | 150-200 | None | COUNTRY,CITY,MOTORWAY | CAMBELT,OTHER WORK NOT KNOWN AT THIS STAGE |
| Tom. Ulm, Germany | Mpi | 07/97 | K&N | standard | standard | No | 1st | 29000 | 43 | 4000 | None | daily highway, few German Autobahn and recreational | None |
| Lutz Ulrich, Germany | VVC | July 1997 | serial | serial | serial | No | 1st | 45000 | 40 | 6500 | None | Highway, over land | Waterpump |
| SCOTTY Hannover-Germany | VVC | 12/97 | K+N | Original | - | No | 1st | 17,177 | 40 | 600 | None | mixed | None |
| Jon Campbell | Mpi | 24/01/96 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 50,000 | 66 months | 12 | Head Gasket Seals replaced - Engine Management System Replaced - Various other seals... | City in the Week - Motorway at weekend | Replacing the block |
| Paul Crudgington (Guildford) | VVC | P (1997) | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 28,861 | 50 | 14 | 48,000 Mile Service | Short Motorway & Country Driving | God knows I'm killing time filling in this form while I wait for the Garage to get back to me. |
| chris - coventry | Mpi | oct 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 37000 | 32 | 4000 | None | city & motorway | None |
| samuel downey new zealand | Mpi | -96 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -40000 | - | - | None | - | skimming the head |
| -James Petermann Canberra Australia | VVC | 1997 | K&N | - | - | No | 1st | 97,000KM | 48 | - | None | City/Highway | Timing Belt |
| Erik Baekelant (Antwerp, B) | Mpi | Feb 1998 | K&N 57i | SP | std. | Yes | 1st | 28000 | 36 | - | no coolant switch at last service | mainly Highway | skimming, timing belt, and coolant cap |
| Neil Grocock, Rickmansworth, Herts | VVC | 1997 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 24000 | appx 20 | c.2-5K | None | Highway driving | None |
| Emma, Solihull | VVC | 1997 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | appx.34K | appx.38 | ? | None | motorway | None |
| Cinar, Ýstanbul | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 50000 | 37 | - | None | All | None |
| -Alain Van Langeraert, Westende,Belgium | VVC | -june 1996 | -Piper Cross Cone | -Stephen Palmer | - | No | 2nd | -76000 & 112000 Km | -30 & 42 | -10000 km | cambelt & sparkplugs | -motorway | None |
| Bas Wijne Holland | Mpi | Okt 96 | K&N | standard | standard | No | 1st | 86000Km | 11000Km | None | Every day use | Not known yet | |
| -James - Birmimgham | VVC | -March 2000 | -Std. | -Std. | -Std | No | 1st | -22500 | -16 | -10500 | Replaced HG at 12k service due to leak | -Mixed | None |
| -Thierry Cornevin | VVC | -March 98 | -std | -std | -nil | No | 1st | -55000 KMS | 38 | -20000 kms | None | -general | None |
| Chris Catchpole, Cleveland | Mpi | 9 Feb 98 | Standard | Standard | No | No | 1st | 37000 | 42 | 5000 | None | Mostly Country Roads/Town driving | None |
| -Nic Kent | Mpi | -Apr '98 | -std | -std | -std | No | 1st | -58,000 | -38 | -1000 | None | -Country | Skimming, new rad, cam belt |
| -Moskopf, Stephan, D | Mpi | January 1997 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 43.000 | 15 | 55.000 | new water-pump, new inlet gasket | Autobahn | None |
| -Michael Williams Birmingham | VVC | -August 97 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -14,000 | -18months | -2000 | None | -city & motorway | None |
| -GERRY@CLACKS | Mpi | AUG 1996 | ITC | MOTOBUILD | NO | No | 2nd | 61000-68250 | 48-55 | -1200 | None | CITY-RURAL-MOTORWAY | HEAD SKIMMED ON SECOND FAILURE |
| Paul Sussex | Mpi | May 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 54000 | 57 | 1000 | New Coolant Pump at last service | - | None |
| Olly Scott, Glasgow | Mpi | April '97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 27,000 | 48 | 1,000 | None | Everyday | |
| -Chris, Manchester | VVC | Nov-99 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 26200 | 23 | 1700 | None | City | None |
| Thomas Alt, Monschau, Germany | Mpi | 09/1997 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 54000 | 42 | 5000 | None | country road | head-skimming |
| -Tim Green, Oxford, UK | VVC | -1998 | -std | -std | -std | No | 1st | -10,238 | -36 | -9000 | None | -all | None |
| -Mark Hope | VVC | -Aug '97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -17,900 | -51 months | -5000 | None | - | Not known at moment |
| Worcestershire, UK | VVC | May 1996 | K&N Cone | MS Daytona | - | Yes | 1st | 52000 | 66 | 1000 | None | City & Motorway | Head was skimmed |
| Simon, Somerset | Mpi | 12/98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 36,000 | 34 | 2,500 | None | All | None |
| Andreas, Merzig, Germany | Mpi | 11/98 | K&N replacement | - | - | No | 1st | 53000 | 37 | 3000 | None | - | None |
| -Andy Mitchell, Richmond | Mpi | -April 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -46000 | 48 | -6000 | Unknown | -Mainly Motorway | None |
| Frank Marga, Germany | VVC | 12.05.97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23500 km | 54 | 3000 km | None | - | None |
| -Ruth, Buckinghamshire | VVC | -Jan 1998 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -24K, and 48K | -17mths, & 3.5yrs | -P/xed car 2mths ago | None | -A- and B-roads mainly | None |
| Brett Jackson - Sheffield | VVC | - | - | - | - | No | 1st | 30000 | 44 | 7000 | None | Short trips along A roads | skimming - told this always had to be done |
| Martin Cox, NZ | Mpi | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 37000km | 52 | 7000km | None | City | None |
| -Adam Bycroft, Brisbane Australia | Mpi | -Jun 97 | -Standard | -Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -68,000 | -55 | -1000 | None | -City | None |
| Richard Hoye, Surrey | Mpi | Apr-95 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 35000 | 60 | 7000 | None | A-roads & Motorway | Skimming, Cambelt, Water pump |
| Jeff Llanelli | VVC | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23000 | 3 yo | 3000 | None | Motorway | None |
| -schmidt uli germany | VVC | -1.03.98 | -KN | -orginal | -no | Yes | 1st | - | -40 | -6000 | None | -highway | None |
| Claas Carsten Kohl, Strasbourg, France | Mpi | 05/1999 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 65000 km | 31 | 3000 km | None | Highway | None |
| Eric Dietzel, Germany | VVC | March 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 49000 KM | 22 | 6000 KM | None | Highway | None |
| Gunter Franken (D) | Mpi | July-1998 | K&N | - | - | No | 1st | 45000 | 36 | - | None | all | None |
| Notts | VVC | August 97 | Stock | Stock | Stock | No | 1st | 23000 | 4.5 yrs | 1000 | Recently had ignition coils, HT leads and plugs changed | City | None |
| Maurice Netherlands | VVC | 1998 | standard | standard | standard | Yes | 1st | 24000 | 36 | 350 | None | Highway | None |
| Carole Ackley Cheshire | VVC | May 1997 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 28.5K | 56 | 6K | None | All | None |
| Stephen Laithwaite N.Ireland | Mpi | 01-03-2000 | Standard | Standard | No | No | 1st | 29000 | 17 | 5000 | None | Highway | None |
| Chaz, London | Mpi | Nov '95 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 58,000 | 72 | under 1000 | Head-off and skimmed, new improved gasket and inlet manifold gasket at last (60K) service...what they did not do was use steel cylinder head dowels. | Short drives on country roads to train station and occassional longer drive. | Cylinder liners had come loose and sealant had |
| Gary Manchester | Mpi | -1996 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | -12000 | 30 | 5000 | None | General | skimming |
| Andy Wyatt, Surrey | VVC | Nov 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 33000 | 31 | 7000 | None | Commuting 60 miles a day, 40 of which is motorway | None |
| Dieter Andersen, Landshut (car ex Hazel, Munich) | VVC | Jun-97 | - | - | - | No | 4th | 137000km | 54 | 12000km | None | mixed, mostly motorway | engine replaced because of a head failure. |
| Mike, Hatfield | Mpi | September 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 79,000 | 63 | - | None | - | None |
| Estelle Slater , Bristol | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 32,000 | 62 | 10,000 | None | - City | Skimming and noted a corrosion in block! |
| John, Surrey- | VVC | September 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 7,500 | 24 | - | None | - | None |
| Colin Rattley - Portsmouth England | Mpi | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 32000 | 43 | 700 | Oil & Coolant leak fixed about 4 weeks prior to failure | Only weekends (When the sun shines) | Don't know as yet - I am still waiting |
| Clare Brown, Cardiff | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 34000 | 60 | 6000 | None | Motorway | TBD |
| -David Hampshire | VVC | -13 March 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -10K | -10 | -7k | None | -light City/Highway | None |
| -David Bainbridge, Baldock, UK | VVC | -April 2001 | -K&N | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -14700 | -11 | -600 | None | -mixed, no 'flogging' | None |
| -G.Evans Gwent | Mpi | -01/01/1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -20,000 | -6 years | -4000 | None | -city | Head skim/ cam belt/ plugs |
| -Andrew Sloan Northern Ireland | Mpi | -July 1998 | -Standard | -Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -64000 | -30 | -4000 | None | -Highway | skimming |
| Isobel Climas, Oxfordshire | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 49,000 | 57 | 5,000 | None | mainly 10-20 mile commute, occasional long runs | None |
| Elisabeth London | Mpi | 1998 | normal | normal | normal | No | 1st | 42000 (approx) | 42 | 6k ish | None does having the throttle replaced 3 times count?? | central london peak hour and long motorway | still unknown |
| Dirk Wildenberg, Westerwald, D | Mpi | 05/ 1998 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 49.000,80.000 | 35&47 | 18000 | None | city, Highway | None |
| Paul Lane - West Sussex | VVC | 1997 | K&N57i | Standard | None | No | 1st | 21865 | 57 | 3865 | None | Occasional/town/motorway | Unknown |
| -scott ---- barnsley | Mpi | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -21500 | -46 months | -1500 | None | -mostly running around | skimming,pressure test |
| tony, sussex | VVC | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 52,000 | 72 | 4,000 | None | mostly 30 mile runs to work on A and B roads | Don’t know yet |
| -Bruce Caldwell, Northants | VVC | -1996 | -Standard | -Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -22054 | -36 | -788 | None | -Highway | Replace head |
| -Ken Soper | VVC | -December 2000 | -standard | Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -23900 | -14 months | -11900 | None | -highway | None |
| Neil, Bucks | VVC | 96 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 32000 | - | 250 | None | - | HT Leads replaced |
| Tim, Herts. | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 43500 | 63 | 2000 | None | Daily town use | New coolant sensor and expansion tank cap |
| Alan Irwin - Bham | VVC | -1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 51000 | 55 | 7000 | None | -average use | |
| David - Surrey | Mpi | Aug 96 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 50,000 | 6 | 7000 | None | City - Highway | Head and block reported as porous. Engine replaced |
| Fabrice , Liège, Belgium | Mpi | 1997 | K&N 57i | SP supersports | - | No | 1st | 45300 | 59 | 1300 | coolant change at 38000 miles | city / motorway / A&B roads | skimming head + new water pump |
| Andy + Jen / Leeds | Mpi | 01/08/98 | std | std | no | No | 1st | 38500 | 44 | 5500 | None | mostly motorway | head skimming/oil change |
| -Ian Dorrian Berkshire | VVC | 20/04/98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 14,000 | 13 | 2,000 | None | Mixed | None |
| Ian Dorrian Berkshire | Mpi | 20/04/98 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 51,000 | 53 | 3,000 | None | Mixed | Water Pump & Throttle Body |
| Richard, Doncaster | VVC | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 66000 | 61 | 6K | None | Motorway, Local | New Engine |
| -Deborah Horne North Yorks | VVC | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -23500 | -48 | -8000 | None | -local, motorway | skimming, water pump |
| Will Brooks (aka Billy Bob) - London | Mpi | Feb 2001 | K&N 57i | Standard | No | No | 1st | 18543 | 18 | approx 9000 | None | Mainly city | N/A |
| -Torsten , Wolfenbüttel (Germany) | Mpi | -4/97 | -K&N | - | - | No | 1st | 50000 km | -64 | -600 km | None | -normal | None |
| Carsten Illingen/Germany | VVC | K&N | selfmade | Yes | 1st | 68600 | 76 | - | None | 70% City 30% Highway | None | ||
| -Charlie, Bristol | VVC | -1998 | -K & N | - | - | No | 1st | 48k | 64 | 1k | Cam bearings replaced 2wks beforehand | Motorway | Unknown as of yet |
| -Reading, Berks. | VVC | -18-1-97 | -ITG Panel | -Standard | - | No | 1st | -42410 | - | -3k | None | -city | Not repaired yet |
| Andrew Phillips (SF) | Mpi | Feb 1996 | ITG | MS Daytona quad | On an F? Aking for trouble IMO | Yes | 1st | 91,000 | 77 | 8,000 | Immediately prior? - None | Daily Driver, touring and annual trip to Nurburgring | None |
| Chris Draper - Bristol | VVC | 09/01/2001 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 20600 | 21 | 7500 | None | All | Skimming |
| Walker, Teesside | Mpi | 1998 | standard | standard | - | No | 1st | 36,500 | - | 6,500 | None | light, out of town | None |
| Peter Reckmann, Germany | Mpi | 08/99 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 25000 | 42 | 500 | None | - | None |
| Simon - Berkhamsted | Mpi | Mar 98 | - std | -std | -std | No | 1st | 45,000 | 51 | 3,600 | Radiator core replaced @ 34 months due to heavy rust !! | light town use + trips to France and Cornwall every year | 4 wheel alignment - something not put right from new ! Dealer always denied it was alignment, just wrong tyre pressures |
| Bob Cherry, Sevenoaks | Mpi | October 1995 | K&N | SP Supersport | - | No | 1st | 28400 | 84 | - | New thermostat, new inlet manifold gasket, at previous service, plus usual service items - cambelt etc. | pleasure | None |
| -Johan Slagter Holland | VVC | 21 march 1997 | -standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | -45165 km | -52 | -6000 km | None | -unknown it happened to the previous owner | new pistons and piston rods |
| David Livingstone, Amersham, Bucks | VVC | Feb 1998 | ITG Maxogen | Phoenix | - | No | 1st | 46500 | 54 | 700 | Water pump replaced, Engine Temp Sensor replaced | Daily use commute & pleasure plus odd track day | Skimmed head - to remove slight grooves caused by liners hitting head |
| Didcot, Oxfordshire | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 36000 | 5 | 5000 | None | everday 6 miles to work and back | Don't know its going to the garage tomorrow |
| Thierry Zoller | Mpi | - | Standart | Standart | no | No | 1st | 70000km | 78 | 600km | None | City,Highway | Water Pump |
| -Ian Johnson - Clitheroe, UK | VVC | -May 1996 | -Standard | -Standard | -No | No | 1st | -43300 | -65 | -8000 | None | -Motorway | Skimming |
| Alan Bristow; Edinburgh | VVC | Sep 99 | Std. | Std. | Std. | No | 1st | 29000 | 32 | 2500 | None | All | ?? pending |
| Raymond Ogg | VVC | 1997 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 48000 | 60 | 6000 | Coolant system checked previous day | All types of road | Engine Replacement |
| Darren Edwards | Mpi | 1998 | standard | recent MS downpipe, standard everything else | standard | No | 2nd | 70000 | 55 | 10000 | Downpipe replacement, engine-manifold gasket replacement | V short country + motorway weekend | ? not done yet |
| david hartley- | VVC | oct 1997- | cone- | standard- | no- | No | 1st | 30000- | 48- | 150- | None | motoway- | None |
| -Javier A. Garavaglia - Buenos Aires , Argentina | Mpi | - | -Jamex | - | - | Yes | 1st | -42000 | -72 | -6000 | None | -Fun and Weekend out | None |
| Richard Hobbis, Surrey UK | Mpi | 1996 | - | custom 2 | Lumenition | Yes | 1st | 25000 | 6 | - | 260deg cams, Jenvey t/b's, converted to RWD for use in Morris Minor Traveller | city, fast highway | head skim due to liner wear |
| -Emma - London | Mpi | -1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | - | -60 | -100 | None | - | None |
| -Carshalton | VVC | -August 2000 | -Factory Fitted | -Factory Fitted | -Factory Fitted | No | 1st | -5584 | -18 | -1834 | None | -City and some motorway | Skimming |
| John P. Kärtkemeyer, Germany | VVC | 11/2001 | - | Take 4 (pccp) | - | No | 1st | 61500Km / 38200miles | 13 | 5000Km / 3100miles | None | - | None |
| Matthew Leeden, Berkshire | Mpi | 1998 | - | - | No | 1st | 24000 | 50 | - | None | Urban and rural | Skimming the head gasket and new set of tyres needed | |
| Stuart Gray. Scotland, West Coast. | Mpi | 31/03/01 | Standard | Magnex (SS) | No | No | 1st | 20872 | 21 | 7500 | None | All | None |
| L Smith, Leicester | VVC | October 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 47000 | 58 | 8000 | None | Type of use: A and B roads | Skimmed head, Engine rebuild |
| Pippa Greenway, Lytham St Annes, Lancs | VVC | Nov 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 53,000 | - | 5000 | None | Town & Motorway | Cambelt (due at 60,000, so cheaper to get it done at same time!) |
| Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire | Mpi | 95 | Std | Std | No | No | 3rd | 40000-43000-81000 | - | 4000 | None | All | Skim Second time, in garage now |
| Mike Nunn, Mersea | VVC | Sept 2001 | PiperX | Std | Std | No | 1st | 13375 | 15 | 4500 | None | 10 miles x-country to town | None |
| Sven Neugebauer /Ger | Mpi | August, 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 50000 | 50 | 2500 | None | all | None |
| -Chris McIntosh Australia | Mpi | -1999 | standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -48000 | -26 | -2000 | None | -city | belts |
| Keith W, Coventry, UK | VVC | 1998 | K&N | - | - | No | 1st | 35500 | 58 | 7900 | None | City - work & fun | cam belts changed as coming up to 60k service |
| - | VVC | - | - | - | - | No | 1st | 58,000 | - | - | None | - | None |
| -malcolm turner handcross west sussex | Mpi | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -26000 | -15 | -100 | None | -motorway | have only had 1 week (help ) |
| -Gareth, Dolgellau | VVC | -Mar 1999 | -K&N | -Miltek SS | -No | Yes | 1st | -48000 | -36 | -12000 | None | -Country | Not yet known |
| nils hegerding / germany | Mpi | 4/98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 43,750 | 56 | 3 months | None | 70% motorway / 30% city | None |
| Les, Glasgow | Mpi | Nov 98 | K&N | Std | - | No | 1st | 33500 | 52 | 20 | None | City | None |
| Freek Aalbers, Utrecht (NL) | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 76000 | 84 | 7500 | replacement of coolant pipes | city & highway | None |
| Russell Parslow, Southampton UK | VVC | Feb 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 52403 | 72 | 3000 | None | - | skimming, lots and lots of coolant flushing. |
| Tim London | Mpi | june 1996 | K&N | MS Imola | Icon | No | 1st | 34000 | 81 | 3500 | None | city, occasional track day | None |
| Chris Marshall, Watford | VVC | 11/05/1998 | K&N %&i in flowerpot housing | Standard | none | No | 1st | 51,156 | 57 | 6,000 | none | short urban mixed with highway | head skimmed, new through bolts, cam bearings, cam belt tensioner, water pump |
| Maxime Bonnet (Lyon - France) | Mpi | 03 May 2001 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 30000 | 21 | 3000 | None | Leisure only | None |
| -Tony Joyce Surrey | Mpi | -Oct 1999 | -ITG | -STD | -No | No | 1st | -15,741 | -41 | -11000 | None | -Country and city | None |
| -UK | VVC | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 42000 | 4.5 | 15000 | Replacement of coolant cap | ALL | Skimming |
| Ian Hackett | Mpi | Mar 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 17450 | 25 | 500 | 24K Service | Commuting | Still at mgRover after 3 days!!!! |
| Mark - Surrey | VVC | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 20000 'ish | 14 | - | None | Mixed | None |
| Chris Green, Kettering | VVC | 01/01/98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 35,000 | 60 | 4,000 | None | Small comute to Work | Cambelt |
| Mike, Middlesex | VVC | 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23800 | 18 | 50 | None | Motorway | None |
| Chris-Bath | Mpi | Feb 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 62000 | 72 | 2000 | None | everyday | None |
| Lindsay Rutherford | VVC | March 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 31500 | 48 | 800 | None | City | None |
| Peter Hudson, Berkshire, UK | Mpi | 15/04/1997 | Manufacturers | Manufacturers | Manufacturers | No | 1st | 58500 | 62 | 200 | 60000 mile / 5yr service only 2 weeks previous. | Mostly motorway. | Head required skimming, oil/water emulsion needed flushing. |
| Jason Harris | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 40,000 | 66 | 8000 | None | ? | |
| Charlie - Kent | VVC | August 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 47000 | 67 | 2500 | None | - | None |
| Enzo - Catania - Italy | VVC | 1998 | t. body 56mm-filter BMC - CDA | - | new chip | Yes | 1st | 50.000 | 48 | 45.000 | None | highway | None |
| -Adrian, Nottingham | VVC | -1996 | K & N Induction Kit | -Miltex Sports Quad | - | Yes | 1st | -52000 | -72 | -1000 | none | -General | Full engine rebuild by request |
| -Mark Greencar Beccles | VVC | -98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -28000 | - | - | None | highway | None |
| -Ballet R - Belgium | Mpi | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -65000 | -59 | -3000 | None | -city | None |
| Elaine, Dundee | VVC | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 30100 | 53 | 2000 | None | small country roads | Radiator, coolant pipes |
| Ken Moore | VVC | 29/01/1997 | standard | standard | - | No | 1st | 27000 | 75 | - | None | mixed | skimming, water pump, cambelts changed |
| Barbara; Bognor Regis (1.8i Step) | Mpi | July 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 32500 | 22 | 1000 | corrected timing problems; corrected stalling/kangarooing problems; adjusted tickover | all | None |
| Bob Youldon - Brighton | VVC | -21.03.97 | -factory | -Factory | -none | No | 1st | -46K | -63 | -6000 | None | -mixed urban | None |
| Dom Crane, Hull | Mpi | 1996 | - | custom | - | Yes | 2nd | 66000 | 100 | 300 | None | Town | None |
| Dave Livingstone, Amersham, Bucks | VVC | 14th Feb 1998 | ITG Maxogen | Phoenix | none | No | 2nd | 54000 | 63 | 7000 | None | Mixed + Track days | |
| -John Hallett Yorkshire | VVC | -Sept1997 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -32000 | -78 | -1,000 | no | -motorway, town | don't know yet still in garage |
| Chris James, Luton | Mpi | 10/2001 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 29000 | 18 | 900 | None | Some City, Motorway | None |
| Melanie Ratnage - King's Lynn Norfolk | VVC | Nov 1999 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 42000 | 42 months | 6000 | None | Rural long journeys | New engine recommended |
| -barry moor | Mpi | -1997 | -? | -? | -? | No | 1st | -44000 | -72 | -2000 | None | -highway | None |
| -Gareth Hughes, Dolgellau | VVC | -1999 | -K&N | -Miltek SSP | - | Yes | 2nd | -49000 | -43 | -900 | 1st HGF | -Rural | Dont know, fixed FOC at Longbridge |
| - | Mpi | Oct 97 | - | - | - | No | 3rd | 113000 km | 67 | 5000 km | None | Europe touring / city | None |
| Rob Patmore Durban south Africa | Mpi | 03 01 02 | Std- | Std- | Std- | No | 1st | 24034Kms- | 17 | 9000kms | None | city / highway | None necessary according to MG Rover SA |
| Arthur Vriend | Mpi | 01-06-1999 | ? | ? | - | No | 1st | 44500 km | 48 | 1000 km | None | Highway | None |
| ian webster- kent | VVC | feb 2000 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 27000 | 39 | 1000 | None | - | None |
| -Kev Plant Hampshire | Mpi | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -50000 | -48 | -1200 | None | -All | Skimming |
| Martin Jeffs, Sydney | VVC | April 1997 | ? | ? | ? | No | 1st | 50000kms | 30 | 8000kms | None | City | skimming and new water pump |
| Lee Johnson Newcastle | Mpi | 98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 33000 | 60 | 7000 | None | City | Tracking |
| Steve Morgan; Swansea | VVC | Sep-2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 29549 | 33 | 5361 | None | - | Water pump replaced |
| Andy Wrench - Cambs - UK | VVC | June 1996 | Unknown | unknown | unknown | No | 1st | 50200 | 84 | 2500 | None | city - traffic lights - hot day | Skimming / New head |
| -Australia | VVC | -June 1999 | -Standard | Sports | -No | No | 1st | -46,000km | -44 months | -6000km | None | -Highway | Skimming then valve replacement after shop did not replace original parts properly resulting in cam wheel failure. |
| Stu Dagnall - Swindon | Mpi | jan 1999 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 48000 | 55 | 12000 | None | various | recommended engine replacement |
| Bayer, Fürth Germany | Mpi | 2/1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 78000km | 52 | 3000 | None | Cigy | water pump and cooler exchanged |
| Marco, Italy | Mpi | 25/Aug/2003 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 32000 | 74 | 5000 (1 year) | None | Highway | Rear tyres replacement |
| Maria White, Alton, Hampshire | VVC | December 2001 | standard | standard | no | No | 1st | 32000 | 18 months | 2000 | None | business use - mix of motorway and A roads | Not sure yet - garage still to look at! |
| -Darren Brown Essex | Mpi | -1997 | -Pipercross filter | -Janspeed (Standar at time of HGF) | -no | No | 2nd | -45000 ish | -48 | -?? | None | -everyday use | New head ! |
| -Steve, Stockport | Mpi | -August 1998 | -Std | -Std | - | No | 1st | -46,000 | -61 | -8000 | None | -Town | None |
| Neil Courtney, Auckland NZ | Mpi | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 81106 km | 45 | 1068 kms | Water loss and serious overheat of engine @ 72633 kms | all round | head tested, cleaned and skimmed. Car out of warranty period. Total cost NZ$2142.90 |
| Mr B Goodchild High Wycombe Bucks | VVC | 10/09/97 | Standard | Original | No | No | 1st | 23418 | 67 | 16299 | None | Leisure | Skimming of Head |
| Reported by Rich, Essex | VVC | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 15000 | 60 | 1000 | None | - | None |
| Knut Osborg Oslo, Norway | Mpi | 13/05/1997 | kn | STANDARD | NO | No | 1st | 72000 KM | 51 | 12000 KM | None | highway | Skimming |
| Richard Thomas, Richmond, surrey | Mpi | -June 1999 | -Normal | -Normal | -Normal | No | 1st | -38000 | -49Months | -2000 | Heater hose replaced, alarm wiring loom replaced. | -City, and motorway | Cambelt expect, rest unknown as gaskets need to be fixed first, £650 inc vat |
| Martin Evans | VVC | Oct 97 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 85,000 | 48 | 2500 | None | Highway | Skimming, then it failed again, then new head |
| H.D.Mcgregor | Mpi | -May 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -34,000 | -64 | -2000 | None | - | None |
| Rich Askew, Somerset | VVC | 1996 | Standard | standard | Standard | No | 1st | 80000 | 72 | 8000 | None. | All sorts. | Have had car for 17k miles. Might not be the first! |
| Peter Sabourin, Somerset | Mpi | 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 15792 | 35 | 4624 | None | All | None |
| Andy Glasgow | Mpi | -1996 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -48500 | -84 | -5000 | None | -urban | skimming |
| Peter Reckmann, Germany | Mpi | 08/99 | - | Remus | - | No | 2nd | 30k | 50 | 5k | None | - | None |
| -kath harrop sussex | Mpi | -oct 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -37000 | -48 | -200 | None | -town and country non motorway | cam belt replaced |
| Sam Murray, Aberdeen | Mpi | Jan 2002 | K&N | Standard | No | 1st | 4,200 | 20 | 2,000 | None | Various | Water pipe to heater (internal) replaced | |
| Luis Pereira, Bermuda | Mpi | December 2001 | KN 57i | - | - | No | 1st | 19007 | 17 | 1500 | None | all | replace head |
| -Kelly Willoughby, Bedfordshire | Mpi | -09/2000 | -not known | not known | - | No | 1st | 34000 | - | -10000 | None | -All | Not known yet |
| Marius Linke, Ludwigshafen, Deutschland | Mpi | 2001-06 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 25000 | 27 | - | None | mixed use | repaired |
| -Ralf, Germany | Mpi | - | - | - | - | No | 1st | - | -98 | -90000 | None | -Highway | None |
| Caroline, Norwich | Mpi | Jan 98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 65000 | 5 yrs | 5000 | Inlet Manifold Gasket 12 months previous | Everyday | |
| Jamal Farooqi | Mpi | 1998 | unknown | unknown | unknown | No | 1st | 28000 | 60 | 6000 | None | daily, city, motorway | replaced head |
| Dave H, Birmingham | Mpi | 11th September 2001 | K&N | Phoenix | - | No | 1st | 19,279 | 25 | 1000 | None | City mostly, a little highway | Cam follower sticking |
| Graham Berridge, Cambridge | Mpi | May 2000 | Std | Std | Std | No | 1st | 26000 | 42 | 4000 | None | Daily commute (7miles, just started 12 miles) | None |
| Sandra Bowers - Littlehampton | VVC | 2000 | std | std | std | No | 1st | 38,400 | 37 | 200 | Investigation into coolant loss - garage could not find reason | Highway commuting | Car still at Garage but understand they have sent the head away (for skimming?) |
| Philip, Orpington | Mpi | 04/2001 | Std | Std | No | No | 1st | 17000 | 31 | 3000 | None | all | Cam belt(s) changed - HT leads rplaced |
| Alan Hunt, Reading | Mpi | March 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 21000 | 32 | 6000 | None | - | None |
| Colin Cookney | Mpi | 31/12/99 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 26,500 | 4 | 2,500 | None | City mostly | Water pump, thermostat, skim |
| Kevin Wheatley, Plymouth | Mpi | Aug 99 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 36000 | 51 | 33000 | None | Mixed, city, A roads, motorway | Skimming, manifold inlet joint |
| -Wayne Yeovil | Mpi | -1997 | -K&N | -Standard | - | No | 1st | -47000 | -72 | -10000 | None | -Motorway and urban | None |
| -Lucan Dublin - Ireland | Mpi | -1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -60000 | -24 | -12000 | None | -Highway | None |
| Phil Lambert -Leicestershire | Mpi | -01-10-98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -39,975 | -60 | - | Inlet Manifold Gasket replaced | -Fun | Don't know yet!!!! |
| Colin Ashworth - Stockport | VVC | 1998 | standard | standard | - | No | 1st | 43500 | 67 | 8000 | None | mixed | None |
| Paul. Rimini Italy | VVC | -08/03/2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 20,000 | -36 | - | city | ||
| Elizabeth Palin | Mpi | 1997 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 31000 | - | 9000 | None | - | None |
| Frank, Germany / Munich | Mpi | 11.12.03 | K&N | serial | No | 1st | - | 55 | 6500 km | None | city | None | |
| Ian Leigh. Witney | TF | June 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 14900 | 19 | 2000 | None | Mixed. | None |
| -John Sheldon - Notts. | Mpi | -December 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -45000 | -48 | -11000 | None | -Mixed | Skimming |
| -David Clelland - Central Scotland | Mpi | -29th March 2001 | -ITG Maxogen | -Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -25,500 | -32 | -9,000 | Pressure test and new expansion tank cap fitted six months before failure | -Only used at weekends and holidays for touring | None |
| Alan Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland | VVC | 2001 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 31,500 | 30 | 8,000 | None | City, Motorway and Touring | None |
| Darran, Essex | TF | MAY 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 22000 | 18 | 2000 | None | City, Highway | Cam belt change |
| Rachel Goulthorp Swindon | VVC | april 98 | standard | standard | - | No | 1st | 51000 | 68 | - | None | mixed | None notified as yet... |
| Paul Daniel, Oxon | VVC | 03/00 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 37,000 | 45 | 150 | None | town | None |
| -Richard Oddy, Ferndown, Dorset | VVC | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -42,000 | -62 | -2000 | None | -.Mixed | Skim, water pump. Suspect hairline crack (not clear) to head, garage suggested replace head. |
| B. Schumacher Germany | Mpi | 27.03.1997 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 21500 | 52 | - | None | - | None |
| Mick Corr - Tadworth, Surrey | VVC | October '96 | Standard | Standard | - | No | 1st | 43600 | 84 | - | None | General | None |
| -Liz Peers Sydney Australia | TF | -December 1999 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -45000km | -40 | -5000km | None | -recreational | None |
| Tim Woolcott, London | Mpi | 27/6/1996 | ITG | Standard | None | No | 2nd | 39100 | 89 | 3000 | 160 DVApower flowed head, 633 cams, exhaust & plenum matched to head | City & Track | Although head was flat, gasket was reinforced above alternator with High temp silicone |
| Jonathan Harris - Derbyshire | Mpi | 03/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 20,000 | 26 | 20 | None | Mixed rural, city, motorway | None |
| Teresa Welsersheimb | Mpi | august 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 45.000 | 24 | city 85%, highway 15% | |||
| -UK | VVC | -Jan 98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -37000 | -72 | - | None | -MotorWay | None |
| High Wycombe | VVC | 1998 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 2nd | 33000 | 52 | 3000 | None | highway | not yet known |
| Malc High Wycombe | VVC | -1998 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | 28000 | 48 | 4000 | None | -highway | None |
| Steve, Tamworth, Staffs | VVC | September 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 32800 | 38 | 1800 | None | Mixed | Head reskimmed (standard procedure) |
| W Yorkshire | Mpi | 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 31,000 | 30 months | 1000 | None | Both | None |
| Beds UK | Mpi | 2002 | Stock | Stock | - | No | 4th | 4000 | 8 | 3000 | Rocker Cover Gaskets, CAM Cover Gaskets... | Highway | Fixing Rattles, sump leaks, everything you could imagine |
| Joel, France | Mpi | 12/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 50000km | 24 | - | None | City, Highway | Engine replaced |
| -Therese Durrant | Mpi | -November 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 20,000- | 39- | - | Not yet done | local, low speed only- | dont know yet, attempting to get MG to foot some of the bill, any suggestions? |
| -Shorland Penzance | Mpi | -Feb 02 | -Standard | -Standard | -standard | No | 1st | -11500 | -23 | -7000 | None | -Highway | None |
| -DOM MARNELL, SOUTHAMPTON | TF | -SEPT 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -30000 | -40 | -2000 | None | -ALL | REPLACEMENT ENGINE |
| Chris Catchpole, Cleveland | Mpi | - 1998 | - K&N 57i | - Mike Satur Daytona | - | No | 2nd | - 47000 | -70 | - 5000 | Replaced Radiator and Coolant pipes 2 months prior | - Mainly Country roads | Skim |
| Steve Green - Newport | VVC | September 2001 | Standard | Phoenix - although not fitted when failed | - | No | 1st | 32000 | 24 | 8000 | None | Mainly Motorway | None |
| brian howarth fleetwood lancs | Mpi | November 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 20350 | 24 | 9800 | None | general | None |
| -Westbroek | Mpi | -March 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -16500 | -22 | -1000 | none | -City | 4 Headgaskets replaced - so far & not fixed |
| -Mike Dippenaar Perth Australia | Mpi | -1999 | -knn | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -670000km | -4.5 years | -4000kms | None | -both | dont know |
| Mike Hall, Gloucestershire | VVC | 01 August 1998 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 50,500 | 65 | 8000 | None | All, from daily commuting to touring | None |
| -Russ Madgwick, Blue Bay, Australia | VVC | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -93000 km | -48 | - | None | -freeway | Cant yet fix it but told piston sleeves have moved |
| Susan Gracie, Herts | TF | December 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 21000 | 36 | 6000 | None | All | Head and block replacement |
| -A.Manning - Kent UK | VVC | -Nov 1996 | - | - | - | Yes | 1st | 52000 | 86 | 2000 | None | Town | None |
| Tony Hobson - Wst Sussex | VVC | January 1998 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 24750 | 72 | 4750 | None | highway | None |
| N Youngman - Stevenage | VVC | May 2000 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 41200 | 45 | 250 | None | All | Replaced Cylinder Head |
| -Oliver Groeteke, Sulzbach Germany | VVC | -03.98 | -BMC airbox | -Bastuck sport exhaust | - | No | 1st | -54000 km | -72 | -4000 km | outlet valve replacement after 24 months | -city and normal road use | skimming |
| -David Johnston, Berks | VVC | -06/09/1999 | -Standard | -Standard | -None | No | 1st | -18000 | -20 months | -4000 | None | -All, including daily commute | Was done under warranty, so don't know |
| Lars Steinke, Ulm (Germany) | Mpi | 03.98 | original | PCCP Take 4 (since 2 Month) | no | No | 1st | 43500 | 60 | 7500 | None | mixed | None |
| -G.M. Abbott | Mpi | -12/8/76 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -28900 | - | -3500 | None | -city | None |
| -juan alarcon, kingston surrey | Mpi | -oct. 1998 | -simota | -motobuild quad | - | Yes | 1st | -70000 | - | - | None | - | None |
| Tim Jenner, London | VVC | 20/12/1996 | K&N | SP Supersport | - | No | 1st | 56810 | 86 | 2000 | None | All, mostly city | None |
| -Lou Orbell, Suffolk, UK | Mpi | -Mar 98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -62000 | -72 | - | None | - | None |
| Andrew Gallagher | Mpi | June 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 15600 | 32 | 4000 | None | city | None |
| -Roy Bridge Shevington | TF | -April 2002 | std- | std- | - | No | 1st | 20800- | 22- | 2000- | None | -Highway | None |
| Rebecca Gilbertson, York | VVC | Jan 2000 | Standard Factory | Standard Factory | Standard Factory | No | 1st | 37500 | 48 | 400!! | None | Careful Lady Owner!! | Not known at this time, still at Dixon Rover York |
| Christian, Gernany | Mpi | 09/2004 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 60000km | 26 | 20000km | None | everyday | None |
| Wolfgang Thalinger A | Mpi | 1997 | Pipercross | Miltek | - | Yes | 1st | 87000 | - | None | - | replacing the head | |
| Stefan Ellerich, Vienna, Austria | TF | June 2002 | Pipercross | Standard | - | No | 1st | 20.000 | 20 | 6.000 | None | Everything | None |
| kristofor fry, enfield | VVC | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 31,000 | 72 | 9000 | None | city | None |
| -Kate Hammond Gibraltar | Mpi | -S reg | - | - | - | No | 1st | -31000 | - | -5000 | None | -city | suggested replacing block as gasket might blow again. |
| Kerry Pemberton Lincolnshire | VVC | 1998 | - | - | No | 1st | 80,000 | 72 | 13,000 | None | general | ? | |
| Jeremy, Cranleigh ,Surrey | Mpi | sept 2000 | factory fit | factory fit | - | No | 1st | 21900 | 40 | 15 | None | country / urban | currently in being worked on |
| Henri, Germany- south | VVC | 12-1996 | std | std | - | No | 1st | 44000 | 96 | 5500 | None | highway, less city | skimming, water pump replacement (cause of failure) |
| -GC Tyne and Wear | Mpi | -1997 | standard | standard | no | No | 1st | 48000 | 78 | 1000 | None | day to day commuting and motorway | None |
| mike doddington | Mpi | aug 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 55800 | 79 | 5000 | minor coolant leak thro hoseclip sorted during last service | A / B road usage | coolant leak thro head spotted after MOT, pressure test confirmed 'early' HGF |
| Erik Baekelant (Antwerp, B) | Mpi | Feb. 1998 | K&N 57i | SP/Milltek | - | Yes | 2nd | 51900 | 49 | - | None, but prev. HGF repair didn't incl. steal dowels | All | Unknown yet |
| Peter, Leeds | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 37000 | - | - | None | Weekend Fun! | None |
| Wayne Medway Towns | Mpi | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 76,000 | 60 | - | None | city | head skimmed and new cam belt |
| Graham Lockwood; Haywards Heath West Sussex | VVC | Nov 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 28000 | 76 | 8000 | None | Local commute, town & country roads | Work not yet carried out |
| Keith Starbuck | VVC | 04/04/2000 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 37000 | 48 | 10000 | Service and coolant change 100 miles prior | Highway | None |
| -willy toulouse | Mpi | 16/05/2000 | -normal | -normal | - | No | 1st | -79000 | -40 | -9000 | None | -all | None |
| John, Milton Keynes | TF | May 2002 | Std | Std | Std | No | 1st | 15000 | 22 | 6000 | None | City | None |
| -M Wyley, Surrey | VVC | -Dec'01 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -21000.00 | -27 | -2000.00 | None | -A3/Country Roads | Do Not Know to Date |
| Gaetan, Liege (Belgium) | Mpi | 1999 | Moto Concept induction kit | - | - | No | 1st | 80.000 km | 60 | 5000 km | - | - | skim, waterpump, cambelt |
| Nick Cowey, Honington Suffolk | Mpi | Nov 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 11500 | 27 months | 100 | None | Local and infrequent long distance | None |
| Emma Jackman, Kent | Mpi | Sept 1998 | Std | Std | Std | No | 1st | 38360 | 67 | - | Gear selector cable replacement | Town & Country | Awaiting repair. |
| Doug, Belper Derbyshire | Mpi | July 2002 | Factory fit | Factory fit | Factory fit | No | 1st | 30,000 | 20 | 8000 | None | Country roads. | None |
| Roger, Surrey | VVC | 1995 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 35000 | 36 | - | None | - | head skim |
| Roger, Surrey | VVC | 1995 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 55000 | 72 | - | None | - | head skim |
| Marc-Luxembourg | Mpi | 11/04/1996 | K&N | serial | no | No | 1st | 95000 kms | 84 | 10000kms | exhaust pipe failure | both | clutch rusting and replacement 5 months after |
| -J.Garcia (Barcelona, Spain) | Mpi | -July 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -20,000 | -30 | -3,000 | None | -Road | None |
| -R Moffatt, Hull | Mpi | -5/4/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -43500 | 36 | 1000 | None | city | None |
| Richard Strunk - Germany | VVC | Oct 2000 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 22,500 | 42 | 500 | None | average | None |
| -Sven Helge Alme, Norway | VVC | March 1998 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 112000 km | 69 | - | Timing belt, upper engine gasket | Everyday | Yet not known |
| Garry, Coveentry | VVC | apr 97 | K+N | Standard | No | Yes | 1st | 43000 | 36 | 1200 | NEW ECU | Highway | Skimming |
| -Keith Langley Medway Kent | Mpi | -1998 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -41455 | -52 | -2000 | None | -mixed | None |
| -yannick guenet PARIS | Mpi | 03/03/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 27500 | 40 | 800 | None | Highway | None |
| -Michael Wootton, Dublin, Ireland | VVC | -29-5-2000 | - | - | - | Yes | 1st | -36,600 | -47 | -12,000 | None | -City and rural | Unkown as yet |
| JDC - Bristol | VVC | 15/12/2000 | Standard | Standard | Standard MEMS | No | 1st | 24500 | 41 | 9500 | None | 50/50 Urban/motorway | Waterpump, Skimming, Pressure tests etc |
| -Shane Pleasance Invercargill New Zealand | Mpi | -1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -60000 | -84 | -2000 | New Alternator, many new coolant pipes, new stepper motor, etc etc | -town use | Looks like skim - although they say requires new engine, also new coolant pipes |
| Andrew Lawson | TF | Nov 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23000 | 18 | 7000 | None | - | None |
| -Jaime Essex | VVC | -1998 | -K&N | -Miltec | - | No | 1st | -51000 | -72 | - | None | - | replace w/pump, under Body pipes, MGTF Rad |
| Chris, Luxembourg | TF | 11/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 6000 | 19 | 500 | None | Country Road | Skimming |
| Jonathan Healy | Mpi | June 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 22000 | 28 | 10000 | None | Mixed (urban/motorway/touring) | Head also replaced |
| -Walter Ploebst, Austria | Mpi | -02/28/02 | -orig | -orig | - | No | 1st | -17500 | -24 | -700 | None | -City | None |
| Andreas Rimkus | VVC | 10.10.1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 51324 | 77 | 11000 | waterpump | city, highway | None |
| Levent Guenes Germany | TF | 04-2004 | standard | standard | no | No | 1st | 35000 | 23 | 2000 | None | mostly Highway | None |
| Levent Guenes Germany | Mpi | 10-1999 | open K&N | standard | No | No | 1st | 60000 | 36 | max. 500 | None | mainly Highway | None |
| -Nik Whittle, Wannock | Mpi | -22/06/01 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -17585 | 34 | -5000 | None | -all round | None |
| -andrew mcvittie | VVC | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -43000 | -72 | -7000 | coolant hose failure just after last service!!! | -commuting - | None |
| -malcolm brown london | VVC | -1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -54000 | -84 | -500 | None | -city | replacement of engine |
| -Les Lee Chesham | Mpi | -6-10-2000 | -Standard | -Standard | -Standard | No | 2nd | -14.000 and 33000 | -2.9 years | -500 miles | None | -Highway | 2nd time New Head |
| -John Dickson, Grangemouth | Mpi | -1999 (V) | -N/A | -N/A | -N/A | No | 1st | -57000 | -62 | -5000 | None | -Both Town And Motorway | Took the chance and replaced the timing belt |
| Jonathan Monks, Winford, Bristol | Mpi | 21/07/2001 | Standard | Standard | ? | No | 1st | 18076 | 8 | 7104 | None | City | Head skimmed |
| Jonathan Monks, Winford, Bristol | Mpi | 21/07/2001 | Standard | Standard | ? | No | 2nd | 30200 | 36 | 8786 | Exhaust downpipe assembly replaced @ 30046 miles 23/06/2004 | City | Head skimmed |
| Bruce Haley Sydney Australia | Mpi | Dec 2001- | - | - | - | No | 1st | 30,000 | 48 | 5000 | None | Recreational | Replace gasket, skim head replace starter motor = so far |
| Chris Tromans, Cambridge | VVC | 12/99 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 48800 | 54 | 11000 | Radiator replaced 3 months ago after shunt | City, motorway | Don't know yet.... its in the garage now... |
| -Sue Dereham | TF | -28.03 01 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 22350 | 40 | 2700 | None | -Shopping and country lanes. | None |
| Colin, Royston | TF | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 40000 | 6 | 3000 | - | Highway | - |
| -newcastle | Mpi | -1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -65000 | - | -5000 | None | - | None |
| -Giles Olley - Winchester | TF | 23/12/2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 10400 | 19 | 2500 | None | Motorway | None |
| Demor Boekel | Mpi | 1-2-2000 | 57i | st | st | No | 1st | 78000 | 36 | 3000 | distr. belt replaced | highway | skimming, distr. belt, coolant pump |
| Alessandro - Milan - Italy | Mpi | January 2002 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 19000 | 30 | 2 | None | City | None |
| Derek Johnson - High Wycombe | VVC | July 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 18,000 | 35 | 1000 | None | Mixed | None |
| -Rob Patmore Durban South Africa | VVC | -03.01.02 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -38000kms | -32 | -8000kms | None | -city / highway | |
| Ross Shand - Northants | TF | November 2002 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 28500 | 19 | 13000 | None | Everyday longish distance | None |
| James Price - Northampton | Mpi | 1996 | Piper Cross Cone | Pheonix | - | Yes | 1st | 36000 | 96 | 6000 | None | City | Not sure yet :( Hopefully none |
| Oxfordshire | VVC | 1998 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 10000 | 10 | 10000 | None | City, Highway | Engine Replaced |
| Ian Matheson, Glasgow | Mpi | 2000 | K&N 57i | OEM | OEM | No | 1st | 20000 | 36 | 3000 | None | A Road | Head Skimmed |
| -Simon Andrews West Sussex | Mpi | -2000 | -K & N | - | - | No | 1st | -36000 | -48 | -1500 | None | - | None |
| Alison, Knebworth- | Mpi | -28 Apr 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 88,000 | 84- | 4500 | New water pump and cam belt, new rotor arm, new fan switch, new hose. Serious water loss and overheating 4 weeks prior to failure | Town and country | Skimming |
| Stu Francis in Salisbury Wiltshire | Mpi | Dec 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23966 | 43 | 2000 | Cooling Fan Fuse went and caused first overheat and AA callout | home to work, standard A roads | Full head replacement, plus other bits |
| - Edoardo Italy | VVC | - February 2003 | - Regular | - | - | No | 1st | -25000 | -24 | - | None | -City and Highway | replacing the head |
| -Steve Cartwright | VVC | -1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -39000 | - | -1500 | None | head gasket replacement, + skimming | |
| Ian Davies, South Wales | Mpi | 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -35000 | -5 | -9000 | None | -motorway | None |
| Rachel Mantle, Addlestone | VVC | March 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -24000 | 3 years 4 months | 3000 | None | A roads | None |
| -David Savoie, France | Mpi | -1999 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -50000 | -50 | -7500 | None | -city, Highway | None |
| Zoe Martin, Royston | TF | 21 August 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 25,000 | 25 | 300 | None | Highway | None |
| Chris George | Mpi | June 1998 | K&N 57i | Standard | - | No | 1st | 75000 | 146 | 4000 | None | Everything! | Skimming (4/1000), and wash out. |
| Edd Thompson - Essex | Mpi | 1997 | Viper X | MS Imola | - | No | 1st | 46,000 | - | - | None | Town | Skimming the head |
| -Andrew Regens -Australia | VVC | -01/08/1998 | -Std | -Std | -No | No | 1st | -82000km | -52 | -800km | None | -City | None |
| Matthew Allen, Leicestershire, UK | Mpi | Nov 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 26700 | 47 | 3000 | None | Mix | None |
| Erol Koc Holland | TF | 11-12-1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 85000 | - | 1000 | None | highway | None |
| -G. Crofts | Mpi | - Jan 98 | -Std | Std | -Std | No | 1st | -32045Km | -72 | -2000 | New Battery | - Country driving | None |
| Cheltenham, Glos, UK | VVC | 22 Sept 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 25800 | 36.5 | 7000 | None | City / Motorway | None |
| Jason Kruyswijk, Bournemouth | TF | 16th November 2002 | Standard TF 135 | Standard TF 135 | No | No | 1st | 47496 | 23 | 2496 | None | Motorway | Don't know yet |
| Christian Kluewer; Germany | Mpi | 04.2000 | K&N 57i | - | - | No | 1st | - | - | - | None | - | None |
| -Louise Tomlin | Mpi | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -29,000 | -38 | -6000 | None | -light use mainly country roads | £1200 worth! |
| Johan Gothenburgh | VVC | 2000-11-12 | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 50000km | 48 | 10000km | None | City | None | |
| -london | Mpi | -2000 | - | - | - | No | 3rd | -9000 | -11 | -3000 | None | -city. highway | replacement head twice - now tappet problems - no mg garage can resolve this |
| Ced.LOUIS FRANCE | TF | Janvier 2003 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 23000km | 17 | 2000 | None | All | None |
| -Martin Chappell Exeter | Mpi | -02.01.1998 | K&N panel | Trophy | No | No | 1st | -34565 | -82 | -12months | None | -City odd motorway rum | New radiator. |
| -helen essex | Mpi | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -47000 | - | -45000 | None | -town | skimming, new water pump |
| Emre Özdemir Istanbul Turkey | VVC | 2000 | custom | stock | No | 1st | 51117 km | 48 | 10000km | None | city- highway | None | |
| -Dave Ackroyd, Oxford | Mpi | -01/11/97 | -Std | -Std | -No | No | 1st | -12,100 | -84 | -1000 | None | -commuting | None |
| -Loughborough uk | VVC | -1998 | -STD | -STD | -STD | No | 1st | -44131 | -75 | -2129 | Oil change antifreeze added | -city highway | None |
| -Milton Keynes | VVC | -AUG 1999 | -K&N | -Standard | - | No | 1st | -61000 | -64 | -4000 | Had New ECU Fitted February 2004 | -Mostly City But Some Motorway | None |
| jeff berryman, Eastleigh Hants | Mpi | -1999 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -64000 | -60 | 1000 | None | -all | skimming |
| -yorkshire | VVC | -29/11/99 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -30,000 | -5 years | -20 | hydro rear susp thing + exhaust bracket | -city | None |
| David Bevan (Orpington) | Mpi | 01/08/98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 52000 | 77 | 2000 | None | mixture | None |
| -Edward Craney | VVC | -3rd Sept 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -21000 | -40 | -4000 | None | -motorway, city | None |
| -Gary Birch, Manchester | Mpi | -20/12/2000 | -K&N 57i | -Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -27000 | -42 | -7000 | None | -City / Motorway | Skimming |
| Dave Tilley | TF | 09/2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 27000 | 28 | 4000 | Clutch replaced | Mixed | Complete Engine |
| Jackie Waller,Alfreton, Derbyshire | VVC | 1996 | - | - | - | Yes | 2nd | 44000 | - | - | None | - | None |
| Pascal - Liege, Belgium | TF | 5-2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 75000 km | 30 | 1500 | - | various | head skimming |
| -d morey amersham | Mpi | -04/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -24000 | -48 | -5000 | service sept 2004 | - | cam belt changed |
| GC, Berkshire | Mpi | Dec-01 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 14,000 | 36 | 450 | None | - | None |
| NL, London | Mpi | Sep 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23500 | 39 | - | Tappits replaced | City, Motorway | New engine |
| -helen west midlands | Mpi | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -17000 | -40 | -2000 | None | -city | skimming |
| -Jacky Russell, Colchester | VVC | -27.11.02 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -30300 | -25 | -60 | None | -City | None |
| Claire - Tyne & Wear | VVC | 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 24500 | 48 | 250 | None | City | Not sure, waiting for the garage to call me back!!! |
| JH | TF | Sept 02 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 22000 | 28 | 3000 | None | commute | None |
| Chris Williams | Mpi | 12/02 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 24000 | 38 | 7000 | None | Mixed | None |
| Neil Sutton | Mpi | 8/3/2001 | K&N | Standard | Standard ECU | No | 1st | 33000 | 46 | 10000 | None | Complete Mixture not used everyday | Loads - Pistons, Liners, Head etc |
| Switzerland | VVC | May 2002 | Trophy | Trophy | - | No | 1st | 27300 | 31 | 10500 | None | Mixed | None |
| Hilary, Staffordshire Moorlands | Mpi | 09.03.2001 | standard | standard | Standard | No | 1st | 19,500 | 47 | 2,000 | None | mixed | None |
| Norman Law - London, UK | TF | Oct. 2002 | Std. | Miltek | None | No | 1st | 19500 miles | 28 | 5000 | None | Commute urban, track days | Replaced water pump |
| Ripperoo - West Cumbria | Mpi | 1997 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 60,000 | 84 | 4000 | Corroded radiator was replaced several months prior to HGF. | Highway (normally journeys of less than 10 miles) | As a precaution, I replaced coolant pump, thermostat, cambelt etc! |
| -Nicola Ritchie, (P22 AMW now P11 NJR) | VVC | -Apr 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -85,000 | 96 | 1000 | -Motorway | ||
| -maxine england | Mpi | 1999 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -28000 | 48 | -2000 | None | -city | replace engine |
| Conor Harty, Limerick, Ireland | Mpi | February 1996 | - | - | No | 1st | 42000 | 40 | - | None | City & Highway | Skimmed | |
| Conor Harty, Limerick, Ireland | Mpi | February 1996 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 49000 | 56 | 3000 | None | City & Highway | Second HG failure, car written off as new engine required |
| John Manson Nottingham | VVC | April 2001 | Standard | Standard | No | No | 1st | 22000 | 42 | 5700 | None | Mixed | None |
| Trevor Hobden, Surrey, UK | Mpi | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 107250 | 74 | 11250 | None | Motorway | None |
| -Ed (Netherlands) | VVC | -06-98 | -K&N | -Original | -Original | No | 1st | -60000 | -80 | -1000 | None | -City | Skimming head, HG replacement, etc.. at MG-Rover workshop; over 1700 euro costs repair |
| Tony Thompson, Hants, UK | Mpi | 13 June 1996 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 82000 | 99 | 7,750 | None | City, Motorway, Touring | Head skim .003 |
| -Pascandrea Geneva | VVC | -7/12/1998 | -original one | -original one | - | No | 1st | -80000 kms | -72 | -400 | change the engine belt | -city | water pump |
| R London | TF | 2003 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 27000 | 24 | 12000 | None | commute | None |
| -M Plasakett | VVC | -Nov 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -29350 | -88 | -500 | None | -City | None |
| Ian, Middlesex | TF | Feb 2002 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 17400 | 35 | 400 | None | suburban commuting | expansion cap replaced |
| -Andy H, Cambridgeshire | Mpi | 2001 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 26000 | 46 | 5000 | None | Mixed - city/highway/rural-religiously warmed up before 3000RPM exceeded | None |
| Matt - malvern | Mpi | 1998 | OEM | OEM | OEM | No | 1st | 27000 | 84 | 8000 | None | Commuting | £1547 !!!! ouch. Head Skimmed, cambelt, oil filter, loose rings |
| -syney, australia | Mpi | -2001 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -15000 | -18 | - | None | -city | None |
| Paul Kammerer, Augsburg, Germany | Mpi | 02.12.1996 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 96000 | 34 | 5000 | None | mostly german Autobahn at that time | None |
| Paul Kammerer, Augsburg, Germany | Mpi | 02.12.1996 | standard | standard | standard | No | 2nd | 126000 | 45 | 3000 | None | mostly german Autobahn at that time | None |
| Pete Morris | Mpi | 02/01 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 42000 | 49 | 9000 | None | Highway - low speed | None |
| Chris Tideswell Leicestershire | TF | 01/06/2002 | OEM | OEM | OEM | No | 1st | 20000 | 30 | 3000 | None | Head skimmed, coolent leak found and fixed, all filters changed | |
| Bryce Jackson, West Yorkshire | TF | October 2002 | Standard | Standard | No | No | 1st | 22000 | 25 | 1000 | None | Mostly City | Head skimmed and new gasket |
| Francesco (Northampton) | VVC | 1997 P | ITG Enclosed System | Daytona | - | No | 1st | 53,000 | 86 | 4,895 | None | Mixed | None |
| Matt - London | Mpi | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -22000 | -45 | -5000 | None | -City / Highway | Skimming |
| -Mark, Cambs | VVC | -Apr 1996 | -Standard | -Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -41000 | -104 | -9500 | None | -Weekend | Skimming, Both timing belts replacing, Pressure cap and water bottle, ignition leads melted. |
| Sonny Foster, Sydney Australia | Mpi | May 1999 | Standard | Standard | N/A | No | 1st | 45,000 | 48 | 1000 | None | City | Skimming block |
| Matt McLennan, Nowra, NSW, Aus | Mpi | Jul 98 | - | - | - | Yes | 1st | 45000 | 56 | 3000 | None | Country highway | None |
| Alex Hill Uk | Mpi | 1997 | K&N | Rover | - | No | 2nd | 45000 | 105 | 4000 | None | Country 60MPH | Skimming new dowls |
| David Mills - Surrey | TF | May 02 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 18000 | 35 | 7000 | None | city / motorway | Unkown |
| kostas Greece | Mpi | - | normal | normal | Normal | No | 1st | 30000 | - | None | - | None | |
| -Peter Rudzok, Stuttgart,Germany | VVC | -97 | -org. | -org. | - | No | 2nd | -100000 | - | -9000 | None | -on sunny days only | None |
| Mat Allen (Hampshire, England) | Mpi | September 2001 | [standard] | [standard] | [standard] | No | 1st | 28000 | 44 | 10000 | None | All | unknown, but skimming already advised |
| Alex Hulse, Worcester, UK | Mpi | 1/1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 68000 | 75 | 7000 | None | Normal Commuting and SDP | None so far - caught in the early stages |
| - | TF | -01Sep02 | -Standard | Standard | - | No | 1st | 22000 | 30 | 2000 | None | -Mixed - commuting | None |
| clive from Ipswich | Mpi | aug1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 48000 | 60 | 46000 | . | A12 straight run | head skimmed |
| Nicolas Hawke, Market Harborough | VVC | 10/1996 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 68000 | 100 | 500 | None | Mainly A roads | None |
| Warren | Mpi | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -40,000 | -72 | -4000 | Temperature Sensor replaced 500miles before | city | Engine Shot Coolant flooded car down to hydraulics |
| Jan Grobe (grobi77) D | Mpi | 08/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 55000 | 40 | - | None | - | None |
| -Elke, Germany | Mpi | 13.04.05 | - | - | - | No | 3rd | 30.000-60.000-77.000 | 12-36-62 | - | None | City, Highway | None |
| Jon, Chelmsford, Essex | VVC | 1999 | K&N 57i | Phoenix | - | No | 1st | 52000 | 59 | 6500 | None | Social/Short commuting | None |
| Markus Bollinger, Germany | TF | 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 17500 | 35 | 5000 | None | City | None |
| Andy K - Bromley,Kent | Mpi | 2001 | ? | ? | ? | No | 1st | 16000 | 39 | 300 | None | City | None |
| Jacqui - Kent | Mpi | Dec 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 44000 | 86 | 1000 | Cam Belt replaced. | Commuting - Country | Skimming, Cam belt replacement |
| -Bernd Eigenbrodt Wuppertal Germany | TF | -01 2002 | series | -series | - | No | 1st | -32000 | -3 | -2000 | None | -City | None |
| Bracknell, Berkshire | Mpi | 1998 | K&N Panel | Std | - | No | 1st | 55000 | 85 | 5000 | Refreshed Coolant with new. | Urban and Ocasional Motorway | Unknown yet |
| -Bill Yaxley Peterborough | Mpi | -December 2001 | - standard | - standard | - | No | 1st | -14000 | -38 | 150 | None | - town use | None |
| Nicki - Cheltenham | VVC | Sept 2001 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 31500 | 43 | 2000 | None | Town and some occasional distance on M/A roads | Head machined (had been replaced at first failure) |
| Stephan, Bremen (Ger) | Mpi | 20.08.1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 106.000 km | 81 | 3000 km | New cambelt at last service | all | |
| Newbury - Berkshire | VVC | 1996 | standard | MS ss | -no | No | 1st | 41,000 | 110 | 40 | None | Rural | None |
| -PilgrimNeal | Mpi | -1999 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -61000 | -63 | -400 | New Cat 11 months ago | -Mainly Country roads | Skimming, Coolant leak fixes, general tightening |
| -MGF | Mpi | - | - | - | No | 1st | - | - | - | None | - | does any of this really count anymore??!!! get a life!!! | |
| -ROSTALSKI GILLES-STRASBOURG | VVC | -2001/07/01 | - | - | - | Yes | 1st | -23000 KM | -46 | - | None | - | None |
| Basingstoke | VVC | august 1998 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 49261 | 74 | 7000 | not known | city | Cambelt change |
| -Miguel Crespo - LISBON/PORTUGAL | VVC | -April 98 | -K & N | -SP/Miltek | - | Yes | 1st | - | -84 | -10 000 | None | - | None |
| Mike C, Herts UK | Mpi | 1997 | Std when failed | Std | None | No | 1st | 72000 miles | 90 | 2000 | None | daily commute and leisure | Skimmed |
| Kjeld Andersen, Denmark | Mpi | 14/4-2000 | itg | Remus | - | Yes | 1st | 40000km | 50 | 1000km | cam belts, w-pump | Countryroads, Highway | Thermostat, alu-pipes |
| Sander Bogers, Netherlands | Mpi | 10-1997 | green replacement panel | MS Daytona | no | Yes | 1st | 56000 | 94 | 12500 | cambelt change | city+highway | skimming, thermostat, waterpump, tensioner, radiator, metal engine cooling pipes + underbodypipes |
| Jochen Bohlander, Rockenhausen, Germany | VVC | March 1999 | Green Twister | Stock | none | No | 1st | 74.000 km | 77 | 8.000 km | timing belts, water pump, 8.000km ago | Highway | None |
| -dave franchi isfield | Mpi | -sept 2001 | -std | -std | -std | No | 1st | -33000 | -56 | -10,000 | None | -mixed | still under repair |
| -phillip harrison llanelli wales | Mpi | -Nov 2000 | -K&N 57i | - | - | No | 1st | -34000 | -53 | -300 | None | city & motorway | fan motor seized so engine overheated, new fan motor |
| Lars S. Duisburg / Germany | VVC | 18.12.2001 | Green Twister | Trophy Standard | - | No | 1st | 31000km | 44 | 10000km | None | - | None |
| Raoul kennedy Sweden | VVC | 1997? | Original | Original | No | No | 1st | 37500 | 84 | 5000 | None | -Road normal (5000mile trip 12 months before falure.) | None |
| -Fabio, Italy | TF | 07/2002 | Sprint Filter Cone | - | - | No | 1st | 25000 | 24 | 1000 | None | -City | Water Pump, |
| -sam thorne Tunbridgewells | Mpi | -1998 | -k&N | - | - | No | 1st | -62 | - | -3000 | None | -motoway | block |
| oxford | Mpi | 1999 | - | - | No | 1st | 64000 | 84 | 5000 | replaced clutch slave cylinder | short and long motorway. | the full monty | |
| -George, Reading | Mpi | -Nov 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -30000 | -49 | -5000 | None | -Highway | None |
| Al Denby | VVC | November 2000 | MS Vader Induction Kit (just fitted) | Standard | No | No | 1st | 18000 | 58 | 3000 | None | City / Motorway | Crack Tested & Refaced. New Head Set & Bolts. Also 5 Year Service |
| Chris Keen | VVC | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 68000 | - | Radiator Changed | Local , Country roads | Not sure yet | |
| -banbury | VVC | -1996 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -54000 | - | -6000 | None | -city | None |
| Iain Brown, Aberdeen UK | Mpi | November 2000 | K&N open | Standard | - | No | 1st | 39136 | 59m | 3000 | None | city | Skimmed. |
| Chris Perkins, Chemnitz Germany | VVC | September 2001 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 20800 | 49 | Not known | None | General | New Waterpump required, as far as I know, the rest was fine. Car is a British registered (RHD) |
| georgio Germany | TF | -25.10.2005 | -Normal | -AMT 4 | -NO | No | 1st | -12000 | -2003 | - | None | - | Cyinder Head and Gasket |
| -Rochester, Kent | TF | -March 02 | -oem | -oem | -n/a | No | 1st | -23.500 | -42 | -5000 | None | -social, domestic & pleasure! | unknown - blew this morning........ |
| K & F - Kent | Mpi | 2003 - 03 reg | - | - | - | No | 1st | 12000 | 20 | 600 | None | Normal road use | Not known |
| -mose,wales | VVC | -jul 97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 38967- | -98 | -3k | cambelts changed at 5 year point | -open road trips | water pump went=hgf,skimmiing |
| -Raoul ITALY | TF | 1-2003 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | -25000 Km | -34 | -2000 Km | None | -City.higway sometime | None |
| Simon Ashmore, St Ives, Cornwall | VVC | 14th December 2001 | Standard | Standard | ? | No | 2nd | 59,371 | 47 | 15,000 | None | Highway | Skimming Head first, then new head fitted |
| Simon Ashmore, St Ives, Cornwall | VVC | 14th December 2001 | Standard | Standard | ? | No | 1st | 29,648 | 20 | 15,000 | None | Highway | None |
| -Bernard MONT Belgium | Mpi | -1998 | -stock | -stock | -stock | No | 1st | -81000 | -7 | -4000 | None | -road | None |
| Hans-Juergen Dittrich | Mpi | - | - | - | No | 1st | 64000 | 90 | - | None | - | None | |
| -Lorraine Ashton, Norfolk, UK | VVC | -1997 | K&N | Tony Law | - | No | 3rd | 1st - 50,000 2nd - 60,000 3rd - 77,000 | -1st - 48 2nd - 60 3rd - 78 | - | Cam Belt 58,000 | Highway | Still working will keep informed as we pull it apart! |
| Gary Duffield - Fleet | VVC | Nov 2002 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 40000 | 36 | 5 | new clutch | City | on 1st one head skimmed |
| -Mark-West Yorkshire | VVC | -June 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -40000 | -53 | -4000 | None | -City & country lanes | Head skimmed as a result of indentations found-not HGF |
| Jamie Wakeham, Oxford | Mpi | 1998 | K&N | SP | - | No | 1st | 50,000 | 88 | ~500 | None | Commute | None |
| Alex Bennett Halesowen | VVC | 1998 | standard- | standard | none | No | 1st | 36000- | 72 | 200- | None | -city | None |
| - Andy Harris | Mpi | -27 Feb 2001 | - Standard | - Standard | - | No | 1st | -43000 | -35 | -10000 | None | - Mixed | Skimming |
| -Bill Ganda. Shropshire | Mpi | -1997(P) | -Standard | -Standard | -No | No | 1st | -60532 | -84 | -3000 | None | -All | Skimming,Radiator replacement. |
| -Jörg Schräjahr, Voerde Germany | VVC | -6/96 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -65000km | -114 | -4000 | None | -country roads, short way mostly | skimming |
| -Gordon Hurst, Liverpool, uk | VVC | -march 2000 | -? | -? | - | No | 1st | -48,500 | -57 | --3000 | None | -mixed | None |
| -Uwe Fabian, Germany | Mpi | -01.03.1999 | - | -regular | - | No | 1st | -103000 | -84 | - | unknown repair at engine | -mixed use | standard replacement stuff |
| André Jenczmionka | VVC | 06/2001 | Green Twister | Standard | No | No | 1st | 62000km | 65 | 20000km | None | mixed use | Replacing cam belts was due, replacing of valve stem seals in the hope of fixing previous oil loss |
| London | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 65000 | 120 | 8000 | New Cam belt last service | Motorway, commute | Skimming, exhaust replaced due to accident |
| -dave henderson | TF | -november 02 | - | -stainless performance | - | No | 1st | -29,900 | -39 | -100 | service ie oil/filter etc | -town commuting weekend pleasure | tba |
| -Samuel Healey Jersey | Mpi | -1996 | -standard | -standard | -none | No | 1st | -28000 | -120 | -10000 | None | -City | None |
| Nuneaton, Warks | Mpi | Aug 2002 | Rectangular | Catalytic | ? | No | 2nd | 58,000 | 40 | 3000 | None | Private | Done under warranty 1st time @ c15K now due again! |
| - | TF | -2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -28000 | -3yrs | -3000 | None | -city | None |
| -Christoph Stegemann, Germany | Mpi | -03/2000 | -K&N 57i | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -65000 | -73 | -10000 | None | -city and country | None |
| jane rout | Mpi | -dec 1998 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -38000 | -84 | - | None | -mixed | skim |
| -Brian Keown- Market Harborough | VVC | Nov 99 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 70000 | 63 | 8000 | Throttle assembly housing replaced | Daily commute + Weekend touring | Complete engine re-build - was advised further failiure was likely within 20K miles, car was sold within 1 month. |
| Petra Burr Munich, Germany | Mpi | Sep 98 | Raid HP | Standart | Standart | No | 1st | 103.273 | 88 | 3000 | None | All | new coolant sensor + thermostat change |
| -graham coffer, glasgow | Mpi | -2000 | -standard | standard | -standard | No | 1st | -60000 | -60 | -3000 | coolant leak repair | -city and highway | skimming. |
| Neil Courtney, New Zealand | TF | May 2003 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 22500 | 30 | 4000 | None | Mixed | Light skim, thermostat, alternator belt |
| Jamie - West Yorkshire | Mpi | 03-1996 | standard | standard | no | No | 1st | 103000 | 120 | 100 | None | both but mainly town | None |
| Marc Orthen - Germany | Mpi | 01.04.2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 37900 | 5 | 1000 | Zahnriemen | - | None |
| -SCOTLAND , GLASGOW | VVC | -01/08/1997 | -STANDARD | -STANDARD | -STANDARD | No | 3rd | -61,400 | -7.5 YEARS OLD | -8OOO | RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP REPLACED, COOLING PIPES SPRAYED WITH A COATING DUE TO RUST, CAMBOLT REPLACED AFTER SNAPPING.TIMING BELT REPLACED AFTER SNAPPING, LAMBDAH SENSOR FITTED. HEAD SKIMMED | -MIXED | HEAD SKIMMED LAST AT 53,000MILES |
| Claire Sutton, Herts. | Mpi | March 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 45000 | 72 | 10000 | None | Commuting | Yet to find out! |
| Per Lagergren | TF | 5 sept. 2002 | standard | standard | none | No | 1st | 15000 | 27 | 3200 | None | mixed use | skimming |
| Andy, Lancs, UK | TF | April 2002 | Std | Std | Std | No | 1st | 26k | 46 | 4.5k | None | Mix of all | None |
| -JulieBrooks Cheshire | VVC | 1998 | Standard | Standard | none | No | 1st | 10800 | 100 | 3-4000 | None | city and highway | skimming needed |
| -Malcolm Berger .UK | TF | -2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -30,000 | -45 | -230 | None | -leisure | None |
| -Paul Charlesworth - Derbyshire, UK | VVC | -1/8/01 | -Standard | -Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | -29,000 | -54 | -3,000 | None | -Mixed | Head Pressure Tested & Skimmed |
| -Christian Hückelheim Germany | VVC | -2001 | -K&N | - | - | No | 1st | -21300 | -36 | - | None | - | None |
| -Nigel - East Sussex | Mpi | -1999 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 50000 | 70 | 200 | None | highway | None |
| Tony, Reading, UK | VVC | November 1999 | K&N | Supersports Silencer | - | No | 1st | 52000 | 76 | 7000 | Cambelt 9 months prior | stop-start commute | None |
| -mike singleton macclesfield | Mpi | -june 2001 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -38000 | -54 | -10000 | None | -20 miles/day work | replacement block, new hoses |
| tim surrey- | Mpi | 1999 | k&n high flow | standerd cat | none | No | 1st | 89.000 | 70 | 4.000 | None | motorway x 40 local x60 | skimm clean etc total £631 |
| -Müchler-Germany | Mpi | - | - | - | - | No | 1st | - | -12-2001 | -KM49000 | None | - | None |
| -gaz bury | VVC | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -52000 | -56 | - | None | -local | skimming+new radiator+water pump |
| -Bill Adair BELFAST | Mpi | - | - | - | - | No | 1st | -48000 | -72 | -10000 | None | -MOTORWAY | AWAITING RESPONSE |
| Emilio Garcia Doallo | TF | 12/2002 | Standard | Standard 160 VVC | No | 1st | 30000 | 3 | 10000 | None | Highway | None | |
| Ted Hill, St Albans | Mpi | 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 56,000 | 70 | 500 | None | city | Skimming |
| -aberdeen | TF | -1997 | -standard | standard | n/a | No | 1st | 35500 | - | -400 | None | -rural | skimmed head |
| Steve Smith | TF | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 48000 | 96 | 3000 | Starter motor replaced | sunny day tours | full engine replacment |
| -david smyth | Mpi | 1 /8/1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -42984 | -88 | -3000 | Gearbox cable went about the same time ! | -city use | also water pump & tensioner |
| Chris Germany | Mpi | 01.11.2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 51000 km | 54 | 11000 km | None | City | None |
| Staffordshire | TF | 14-03-02 | Standard | Standard | No | No | 1st | 17500 | 50 | Service picked it up | None | Mixed | None |
| Dave Devine Basingstoke | VVC | 1998 | standard | standard | - | No | 1st | 47000 | 72 | 5000 | None | highway | head gasket replaced and cambelt. Ripped off by Rowes Rover |
| -Sue Wilson | Mpi | -19/09/99 | -standard | -standard | -N/A | No | 1st | -69 644kms | -24 mths | -50 000 kms | None | -country, highway | machining head, replace all belts,flush & replace cooling system,lube & oil, replace air filter, new head gasket inlet manifold |
| -Sue Wilson Sydney Australia | Mpi | -19/09/99 | -K&N | -standard | -N/A | No | 2nd | -152 176kms | -52 mths | -140 000 kms | replace air con fan belt, replace waterpump, replace thermostat, replace expansion tank cap | -country, highway | bleed & pressure test cooling system x 2, replace exhaust manifold gasket, replace inlet manifold gasket, replace head gasket, replace camshaft seal & gasket, replace cylinder bolts, new hose clamp, replace drivebelt alternator + air con belt, replace three piece radiator hose assembly,, replace inhabitor, plane head surface & pressure test. |
| -Bucks | Mpi | -1995 | K@N | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 70000 | 100 | 500 | None | Mixed | None |
| Christian Hombach, Würzburg, Ger | VVC | Nov-97 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 40000 | 103 | 250 | None | - | None |
| VSL, Aberdeenshire | Mpi | 04/2001 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 33000 | 58 | 1000 | None | City | Head skimmed |
| -Ben Zhang, cork,ireland | Mpi | -1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -75000 | -96 | -500 | None | -high way | whole bloody engine |
| Nik Whittle Wannock | Mpi | 26/06/01 | Standard | Standard | No | No | 2nd | 34180 | 59 | 2469 | None | Mainly short under 20miles at time | Having L/R gasket&ladder fitted & PST thermostat. |
| M. H. Daub - NRW/Germany | Mpi | 09/1997 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 35.000 | 30 | - | None | mix | None |
| Richard Elston, Cumbria | VVC | 23/06/2000 | OEM Standard | OEM Standard | - | No | 1st | 37425 | 71 | 2000 | None | Occasional use - most journeys at least 1/2 hour long | None |
| Matt - Solihull | Mpi | -1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 9000000 | 900 | 12000 | None | - | None |
| -Jerzy Nazarko, Poland | Mpi | -1996 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -59000 km | - | - | None | - | head skimmed |
| Pete - Perth, Western Australia | Mpi | 1998 | std | std | - | No | 2nd | 112000 | 96 | 100 | None | Mostly city | Machining head, precautionary replacement of timing belt |
| Steve Sutton - England | Mpi | -31/7/03 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -24000 | -35 | -1000 | None | -City | Not known yet! |
| Steven Fraser, NZ | VVC | 1997 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | 2nd | 90,000 kms | 108 | 1,000 kms | HGF @ 80,500 kms | City & highway | None |
| - Jeliaz Enev, Bulgaria | Mpi | Nov-97 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | ? | 96 | ? | ? | all | Head was skimmed - twice |
| -John Allder Plymouth UK | TF | -2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -24000 | -48 | -3000 | None | -city | None |
| -M Adams | TF | -2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 24000 | 47 | 3000 | None | City | offside window motor replacing |
| Chris Gilbert Aberystwyth | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 70,000 | 108 | 7,500 | None | Work run to town and back (18miles) | None |
| Jo Armes | Mpi | -Sep 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 57000 | 96 | 4000 | New oxygen sensor | -Highway | None |
| -Mike Brandwood, Auck, New Zealand. | VVC | -1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -60,000 km | -10 yrs | -3000km | None | - | None |
| Jill Cooper, Basingstoke | Mpi | Jun 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 34000 | 87 | 1900 | None | City | None |
| -Rachel, Leeds | VVC | -1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -36429 | -108 | - | None | -city | Not sure as yet, bought car Monday Head Gasket failed Wednesday. I had driven the car twice before it went. |
| -alison Readings | TF | - nov 02 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -14000 | -36 months | -7000 | None | -highway | None |
| Pietrzak Alain - Luxembourg | TF | 17-02-2003 | Original | Original | Original | No | 1st | 25450 | 42 | 4000 | None | Leisure | None |
| Ashley Vickers Christchurch New Zealand | VVC | 1997 | Standard | Standard | Standard | Yes | 1st | 42500 | 96 | 625 | Cam belt | mainly city | None |
| Ashley Vickers Christchurch New Zealand | VVC | 1997 | Standard | Standard | Standard | Yes | 2nd | 55000 | 122 | 500 | Previous head gasket replacement with new type gasket and steel dowels, cambelt | mainly city | still waiting to find out |
| -Mark Ward Ilfracombe Devon | VVC | -May 1997 | -K&N | -Standard | -No | No | 1st | -53,000 | -111 | -0 | None | -Weekend only | Head skim,waterpump,cambelt |
| -Mark Halford. Leicester | Mpi | -21-11-2001 | -STD | STD | STD | No | 1st | -51000 | -68 | - | None | -city | Head Skim |
| -Mo | VVC | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -65000 | -54 | - | None | -All purpose | None |
| Tony Harrison-Billericay Essex | VVC | Sept 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 19500 | 72 | 8000 | None | Social | None |
| -London | Mpi | -2000 | -Standard | -Standard | -No | No | 1st | -61000 | - | -3000 | None | -highway | None |
| -Terry Dewey ABERYSTWYTH | VVC | mar2000 | standard- | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | 53000ml | 66 | 2500 | None | mixed | None |
| Damian - Essex | Mpi | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 70500 | 96 | 3000 | None | all | None |
| Mike Kent: London | VVC | 2001 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 14000 | 60 | 6000 | Still waiting | leisure, infrequent | Still waiting |
| Tom from Hamburg - Germany | VVC | 03/1997 | normal | - | - | No | 1st | 140.000 km | 114 | 8.000 km | None | Highway | maybe head - i`ll hear it tomorrow - waterpump tec |
| -Michael, Chorleywood | Mpi | - Sep 8th 2003 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | -46,000 | -36 | -13,000 | None | - mainly town | None |
| -Keir Warwick Nr Peterborough | VVC | 1998 | Standard | Standard | -Standard | No | 1st | 47,000 | 72 | 10000 | None | City before I owned | Weld and skim of head |
| Ronnie Kendall-The netherlands | TF | - | - | - | - | No | 1st | -37000 | 60 | -34000 | None | -Weekends nice weather | None |
| Ralf Kreisheimer (D) | VVC | Oct-06 | - | - | - | No | 1st | - | - | - | None | - | None |
| -Kent | VVC | -2000 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | -73000 | -72 | -1000 | coolant changed | -motorway | None |
| Jon Davis - East Sussex | VVC | July 2000 | Std | Std | Std | No | 1st | 56000 | 75 | - | None | Mixed | None |
| -Robert Ene (Romania) | Mpi | -1994 | - | - | -nonprogrammable EEC | Yes | 1st | -198000 km | -156 | -100000 km | None | -Mixed | None |
| -Rob Wileman - Nottingham UK | Mpi | -01/09/2000 | - | - | -No | No | 1st | -29000 | -60 | -4000 | None | -City & Country Roads | Skimming Block & Head |
| - | VVC | -02.03.01 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 54689 | 67 | 550 | None | highway | Not done yet |
| Kevin West Midlands | Mpi | -06/2000 | -standard | -standard | -no | No | 1st | 30000 | 78 | 500 | cambelt and waterpump | city | head skimmed |
| Anna Olejnicki | TF | 2001 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 35000 | 48 | 2500 | None | All | Head skim |
| Cardiff | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 80000 | 120 | 10000 | None | - | Skimming |
| roger northants | TF | 31/05/03 | oe | oe | oe | No | 1st | 38000 | 42 | 4000 | None | mix | head skimmed as an insurance |
| -DEREK BOND | TF | -JUNE 1997 | -STANDARD | -STANDARD | -NO | No | 1st | -74000 | -114 | -4000 | None | -CITY | None |
| Seb O'Halloran | VVC | 1996 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 2nd | 81000 | 113 | 3000 | Mixed | Replacement of cambelts (2nd gasket replacement is a guess as no mention in service history but uprated dowels were discovered when gasket was replaced) | |
| -devon | Mpi | -1996 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -96k | -10years | -3000 | oil change | -all | head skim, pressure test ,water pump, cam belt tensioner, cam belt,fan belt, fan belt pulley, new valve guide seals, engine oil flush, new air filter, new oil |
| Rene Netherlands | TF | august 2002 | standard | standerd | no | No | 1st | 45000 | 450000 | 1200 | None | touring | None |
| -D McCutcheon, Jersey, Channel Islands | VVC | -2000 | -standard | -standard | -standard | No | 1st | -21000 | -72 | -1000 | new water pump @ 12000 miles. car had been well serviced with correct coolant used at all times. Failure was sudden with no obvious warning ,ie, oil in water/ coolant loss | -city/highway | skimming of head |
| Paul Swartout (Somerset, UK) | VVC | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 83000 | 100 | 4000 | Head gasket was replaced @ 62000 miles | Commute | Skimming, new starter, new cambbelt, thermostat (total cost of 586 GPB) |
| Roberto Generali, Zürich Switzerland | Mpi | 01.11.05 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -105500 | 113 | 15000 | None | mix | None |
| David Seitz | Mpi | - | K&N | Bastuck | - | No | 1st | 50000 | 60 | 5000 | None | None | |
| -stafford uk | VVC | -06 1997 | -st | -st | -st | No | 2nd | -76000 | -9 yrs | -2000 | None | city | None |
| Clive Nash - Mid Sussex | Mpi | Nov 1998 | standard | standard | No | 2nd | 59948 | 99 | 6250 | Radiator Replacement | Town | 60`000 mile service | |
| Steve, Portchester (Hampshire) | TF | July 2002 | Standard | Standard (factory fit) | no | No | 1st | 12,460 approx. | 53 | 800 approx. | None | short urban journeys, some extra-urban. Rarely M-way | head skim & new water pump, done by Xpart garage for just over £1k! |
| Robert Harris | Mpi | 07Jan 2000 | STANDARD | STANDARD | NO | No | 1st | 35079 | 65 | 4089 | None | ALL | NEW CYLINDER HEAD |
| -John Fellows | TF | -December 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -21000 | -48 | -4000 | None | -City | Skimming + recut valve seats + 4 year service |
| Laurence Nash - Caterham | Mpi | V reg | - | - | - | No | 1st | 88000 | 72 | 6000 | - | Highway | New Engine, new tramsmission - said it was the water cooler in the transmission had be cracked by the car slipping in and out of 4-wheel drive that resulted in the engine running hot, hence HGF and the knock on effects |
| -Kenny Anderson Motherwell | TF | -november 2002 | -Standard | Standard | no | No | 1st | 25000 | 50 | -3000 | None | -City / Motorway | Skimming of head cambelt replaced due to age of vehicle |
| - darren jeffery | Mpi | - may 2001 | oem | oem | none | No | 1st | 52610 | 2001 | 10 | pump replace cambelt timing belt | -city | new gasket theromstat raditor cap water pump |
| Alan Simms | Mpi | 2001 | K&N induction Kit | Miltech Stainless Steel | - | No | 1st | 36700 | 144 | 6000 | None | City & Motorway | Cambelt &Tensioner Renew |
| robina wickens- | TF | 2003 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 26000 | 2years | 1000 | None | -rural pleasure only | complete re-build |
| jason tranter england | Mpi | 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 48000 | 60 | 8000 | Winter coolant change | highway | none |
| Daniel Collins - Biggleswade | VVC | 1998 | - | Big stainless steel thing! | - | No | 3rd | 64000 | - | - | Skimmed etc at 2nd failure 3rd done under warrenty | Motoway, rural and city | Water pump went after 2nd HGF not seen as cause of 3rd |
| Peter Krom (The Netherlands) | TF | 2002 | K&N 57i | Standard | No | No | 1st | 26750 | 54 | 8000 | Replacement airfilter by KN | city and highway | little skimming, distri belt, waterpump |
| Don Liang-Taiwan | Mpi | 1997 | KN- | MGF-original | standard | No | 2nd | 69000 | 90 | 65000 | None | City-Highway | None |
| Kay - Germany | Mpi | Dec. 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 29700 | 60 | None | City | None | |
| Phil Newport Pagnell | Mpi | -an 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 58,000 | 9 | 300 | None | Both | Head skim,new radiator,water pump |
| Mark Hughes, Australia | VVC | Jan 2002 | Trophy std | Trophy std | Std (MEMS3) | No | 1st | 25,000 km | 54 | 5,000 km | None | -Mix | Land Rover MLS gasket and oil rail fitted |
| North Devon | Mpi | -1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 49,000 | - | - | None | General use | New Radiator, Water Pump |
| matt, nottinghamshire | TF | 2004 | k&n | standard | standard | No | 1st | 10,000 | 2 years | 5,000 | None | motorway mostly | skimming |
| melbourne australia | VVC | jan,98 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 114000 | 120 | 14000 | cam belt replaced,new cluth installed,water pump replaced. | city | None |
| Lozanov / Sofia, Bulgaria | Mpi | 1995 | - | - | - | Yes | 1st | 105000 | 132 | - | None | Highway | Head skimmed |
| Christian Brinkmann, Hamburg, Germany | Mpi | 04.09.2000 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 112000 Km | 78 | 10000 Km | Regular Service | all / daily use whole year | not known yet |
| aberystwyth | VVC | 1999 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 49000 | - | - | None | - | None |
| pembroke | Mpi | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 48000 | 72 | -8000 | None | city highway | None |
| Steve, Warrington | VVC | March 2001 | K&N Induction Kit | Standard | - | No | 1st | 17,500 | 74 | 4,000 | K&N Induction Kit Fitted | Mainly town, weekend motorway | None |
| Marco, Germany | TF | 06-2003 | Standard Airbox, Green Panel Filter | Milltek SP | none | No | 1st | 38000 | 45 | 10000 | None | City, Highway, small hilly roads ;-) | None |
| Kevin Harte Wakefield New Zealand | VVC | -1995 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -94000 | - | 2000 | Cam Belt replacement | City Highway | None |
| Dom | TF | 2002 | STD | STD | STD | No | 1st | 30578 | 5 | 9000 | None | MOTORWAY, TOWN, COMMUTING | WAITING TO PICK UP THE CAR WILL GIVE DETAILS LATER |
| John Dickson - Grangemouth | Mpi | 1999 | Standard | Standard | N/A | No | 2nd | 92440 | 72 | 6000 | None | Used for commuting and sunday runs | New timing belt, new tappets, |
| Dave Perkins, Yorkshire UK | Mpi | 1998 | standard | standard | None | No | 2nd | 68500 | 96 | 6000 | None | ALL 'Up hill & down dale' | skim head, have upgarded with remote T stat & level sensor on header tank |
| Jörg Meier Frankreich | VVC | -18.12.2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | - | - | - | None | - | None |
| Tony Hall | TF | 01-09-03 | standard | standard | no | No | 1st | 37000 | 43 | 13000 | main hose changed and coolant replaced and coolant warning bottle fitted(thank god!) 6 months before | highway/various | None |
| Romain TURPIN - France | VVC | 18/09/1997 | standard | standard | no chip | No | 1st | 70000 | 102 | 2000 | None | None | |
| Windsurfer26- Germany | Mpi | 08/98 | - | Milltek | - | No | 1st | HGF | 103000km | None | Normal, from everything a little | yes | |
| Sven, Germany | Mpi | 02/2000 | Pipercross | standard | - | No | 1st | km 72000 | 85 | - | None | - | skimming, water pump |
| Phil, Dinslaken | VVC | 22.12.1999 | Standard | SPORT | Standard | No | 1st | 50582 | 64 | 3500/ 33000 s. HGF | None | mix of country road, highway, city | drivebelt camshaft, turnbuckle + tooth belt, one pin of cylinder head |
| paul k highley | VVC | 01/01/1997 | standard | standard | - | No | 1st | -51347 | -126 | -3500 | None | city and motorway | skimming and replacement cambelts |
| Simon Martin, Marlow, UK | VVC | 2007 | Standard Trophy 160 type | Standard Trophy 160 type | - | No | 1st | 45000 | 65 | 5000 | None | Motorway + A roads | None |
| Burnley | Mpi | 02/2000 | std | std | n one | No | 2nd | 52800 | - | 4000 | None | mixed | 1st time new engine, 2nd time head gasket blown 341 miles since engine replacement. Had car 23 days! rejected car and dumped back at dealer after intervention from trading standards |
| Natalie, Dover Kent | Mpi | Oct 99 | - | - | No | 1st | 75000 | 96 | 9 | None | Short Trips, Town Driving | None | |
| Philipp Iserlohn Germany | Mpi | 01.12.2001 | Green Twister | - | - | No | 1st | 17300 | 66 | - | None | - | None |
| greg france | VVC | 2002 | green | - | - | No | 1st | - | -37 | -120000 | None | - | moteur |
| Steve Webb-Consett | TF | -Feb 2003 | - | - | No | 1st | 36664 | 53 | 350 | Engine flush | -Mixed | Still at garage | |
| Fernando Carvalho, Portugal | Mpi | 05/1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 110000 kms | 84 | 13000 kms | None | - | skimming engine head |
| jürgen H: | TF | 08.2003 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 106000 | - | 4000 | None | city, rarly highway | None |
| Netherlands | VVC | 11-6-2002 | Std | Std | - | No | 1st | 43500km | 60 | 1500km | None | - | None |
| Mike Green, Colchester ESSEX | Mpi | Feb 2000 | Standard | Standard | None | No | 1st | 64000 | 89 | 3000 | None | Mixed | None |
| David Gómez, Valladolid Spain | Mpi | 08/08/2007 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 56000 | 53 | 3000 | None | City-local road | None |
| Eberhard Walz Germany | Mpi | 03/2000 | standard | standard | - | No | 1st | 94000 km | 88 | 14000km | change of belt and waterpump | mixed | head skimming |
| Senol Guengoer Germany | Mpi | 2000 | - | - | Yes | 1st | - | -84 | -87km | None | -City | None | |
| Scholten, Jaap. South Africa | Mpi | 2001 | std | std | std | No | 1st | 12000 km | 26 | 2000 km | None | mixed city & highway | None |
| Ben Williams-Griffith, Australia | VVC | - | - | - | - | No | 1st | 65625 | 120 | 2000 | None | City, has done a few long trips | N/A |
| Mpi | May 1999 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 114174 | 104 | 6200 | None | mixed | None, but used the opportunity to exchange coolant pump and timing belt | |
| Jeremy Lucas Cranleigh Surrey | VVC | Sept 2000 | Standard | Standard | - | No | 2nd | 45900 | 84 | 5000 | None | Urban | in workshop |
| Shane, Leicestershire | Mpi | 01/04/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 24,000 | 48 | 3000 | None | town driving | skimming and water pump |
| Rhona McKillop | Mpi | January 2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 50000 | 72 | 7000 | None | city and motorway | skimmed head |
| Hans Schwarte, The Netherlands | Mpi | 16-07-1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 73500 | 110 | 2000 | None | for fun so all purposes, mainly countryside | taking the oppertunity to give big update of the motor |
| Bill Manclark, Aberdeenshire | Mpi | Dec 2000 | K&N | Standard Mild Steel | No | No | 1st | 61000 | 80 | 2000 | Steptronic gearbox overhaul | city & highway | None |
| Hartlepool UK | TF | 2003 | - | - | - | Yes | 3rd | 24000 | 30 | -500 | None | city | water pump |
| Martyn Carr | Mpi | 1999 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 54200 | 94 | 500 | New Radiator | -City/Town | None |
| Schiffers, Holger, Aachen (Germany) | Mpi | 03/1999 | K & N Panel | Phoenix | - | No | 2nd | 103000 | 102 | 3000 | None | - | None |
| David Jamieson , Glasgow | VVC | 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 63200 | 56 | 7000 | None | Daily | Skimming |
| Dave Dixon Cleveland | VVC | 1997 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 18,000 | 40 | 1200 | None | city | None |
| Dave Willis Auckland New Zealand | VVC | 96 | std | std | std | Yes | 2nd | 93k | 1st time unknown,2nd time 11 yrs | 10,000 k | clutch replaced | -city | New Head,reseal liners,new pump,thermostat,cam belts and tensioners,free up jiggle valve.Clean out oil and water mixture from cooling system |
| Hertfordshire | Mpi | Feb 2000 | - | - | - | No | 3rd | 61,000 | 69 months | 5,000 | None | Local Towns | None |
| gloucester - uk | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23000 possibly more as it is a jap import | 132 | - | None | motorway | This is an mgf - needed skimming of head block, new cam belt and tension kit whilst in the engine, new rocker cover gasket, new bolts, new plugs, new oil filter and oil, petrol and antifreeze, break pads, windscreen wipers, brake switch - total cost £876.53 |
| des abbayes france | VVC | 09 2001 | origine | origine | - | No | 1st | 70000 km | 75 | 5000 km | None | city/ highway | None |
| Northwich | Mpi | 1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 86000 | 120 | 4000 | None | town, days out | None |
| Andrew Woods Hutton Essex | Mpi | 17-11-1999 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 33,681 | 97 | 5,355 | None | A & B Roads | Water Pump & Cam Belt changed. |
| Scotland | Mpi | 1998 | Standard | Standard | No | No | 1st | 15500 | 114 | 2000 | None | Mixed | Still to be done |
| Pascal Poncelet Luxembourg | TF | April 2003 | Green Twister type cone filter | Milltek | - | No | 1st | 62 200 km | 56 | 10 000 km | None | mixed | Skimming, LandRover Gasket, Oil Ladder and stretch bolts, water pump and cambelt |
| Kate Webb - Somerset | VVC | January 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 30000 | 6 years | 50!!! | Cam belt change | All | Not yet known. |
| Chris CHURCH | Mpi | 1999 | standard | stamdard | - No | No | 1st | 52000 | - | - 20 | None | city, motorway | replaced head |
| Andy W- Addlestone, Surrey | VVC | -1998 | standard | standard | no | No | 1st | 52000 | 120 | 6000 | None | Highway | None |
| Richard Hepburn - Buckie Scotland | TF | 2004 | Air Boxed Panel | - | - | No | 1st | 22750 | 30 | 12000 | Run on Shell Optimax | Casual | Skimming Head, Replaced UF pipes, Cleaned and Flushed Sump New Disks and Pads (Green Stuff) |
| Stefan (Kermit), Hamburg | TF | 27.05.2008 | standard | standard | standard | No | 1st | 15.000 km | - | 500 km | Just bought as a used car... | City | None |
| Detlef Mayer, Germany | Mpi | 24.08.2007 | K&N 57i | standart | standart | No | 1st | 79535 | 94 | - | None | mixed | 2 new pistons, all valves new, new waterpump |
| Jim Hewitt - Lowdham, Notts. | Mpi | 15/12/2001 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 58000 | -90 | - | None | - | None |
| nigel hussey milton keynes | VVC | 1997- | - | - | - | No | 1st | 55k | 11yrs | 5000 | rebuild at 34k cam belt snaped? | 100miles aday for work | None |
| Jon Mitchell Weston-super-Mare | TF | 15/05/2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 25,000 | 72 | 5000 | None | -Mixed | Skimming |
| Ciaran Ludden - Chelmsford | Mpi | 2002 | Hurricane | Magnex | n/a | No | 2nd | 23000 | 65 | 6000 | Head skimmed at 20K after 1ST HGF | Lotus elise, mainly the back lanes! | Head was found to be porous and a new head needed. |
| Markus Holzki (D) | Mpi | Dec-2001 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 60000 | 78 | - | None | all | None |
| Exeter | VVC | 05 02 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 30300 | 75 | 800 | None | city | None |
| Thomas, Braunschweig | Mpi | 19.06.2008 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 12 | - | 240.000 | None | Highway | new engine |
| adrian shannon Ireland | Mpi | 01 2002 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 63000 | 60 | 8000 | water pump,full rewire,coil twice | motorway | skim,water pump |
| Swadlincote-UK | Mpi | Sept 95 | Paper | Standard | Standard | No | 2nd | 74000 | 153 | 1000 | This is definitely at least the second time of a HGF as the dowel pins are metal, fitted multishim gasket now. | Rural Driving | None |
| adam telford | VVC | 01/1997 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 85000 | 120 | 9k | both main coolant pipes from engine replaced in previous 2 weeks | commuting daily | None |
| Annon, Bucks | Mpi | June 2000 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 52000 | 97 | - | None | City | Unknown |
| Markus Ebert | VVC | 2002 | AMT | none | No | 1st | 112.000km | 72 | 12.000km | None | daily | none | |
| DanielK; Germany | VVC | 05/99 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 117 000 km | 111 | 10 000 km | None | General use | Cambelt, Water Pump |
| Jürgen L. | VVC | 6/97 | Piper Cross | BN-Pipes Take 4 | - | No | 1st | 127.000 km | - | 10.000 km | Changing Cambelts and Waterpump | all | None |
| Anon, Derbyshire | TF | 01/12/2002 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 28,000 | 60 | 3,000 | None | Highway | Replacement head |
| Wiltshire | VVC | 1998 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 70,000 | 8 years | ? | None | highways | None |
| Chris Catchpole | Mpi | 1998 | K&N 57i | Mike Satur Daytona | - | No | 3rd | 109000 | 125 | 6000 | None | City | New Head, water pump, thermostat, cam belt, coolant pipes |
| Tim Hinton W Sussex | TF | April 2002 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 2nd | 58000 | 76 | 500 | Underbody coolent pipes replaced as a precaution | mainly A & B roads | Expect skimming, replacing with modified HG and lower rail |
| Lars Steinke, Ulm (Germany) | Mpi | 03.98 | original | Take 4 / Kat / 4-3-2-1 DownPipe | no | No | 2nd | 104000km | 120 | 5000km | None | mixed | None |
| Stephen D - Ireland | Mpi | 2003 | Standard | Standard | Standard | No | 1st | 36000 | 60 | 3000 | None | City | None |
| Nathan, Essex | Mpi | 1996 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 68000 | 144 | 4000 | None | City | Skimming, Cam Belt and Water Pump |
| Guido Acca | VVC | 11.2001 (Trophy 160) | Standart | Standart | Yes | 1st | 32000 | 83 | 6000 | None | Landstrasse und Autobahn | None | |
| -Norbert Köhler | VVC | -2003 | - | - | - | No | 1st | -80000 | -60 | - | None | -highway | None |
| Ian Roe, London | TF | September 2003 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 31000 | 60 | 3000 | None | City | Full engine replacement |
| Amnon Hoppe, Purmerend, Netherlands | VVC | 18-12-2001 | Standard Trophy 160 | Standard Trophy 160 | Standard Trophy 160 | No | 1st | 23750 | 98 | 1250 | Added Castrol Magnatec fully synthetic oil (possibly more acid) | Synny wheather mixed roads | Hopefully none, have little water in oil and declining coolant tank level |
| -Andy Jenkins. Aldershot, Hants | VVC | -2002 | -Standard | -Standard | - | No | 1st | -59,500 | - | - | New water pump approx 2 months previousl. | -Around town and runs out at weekends. | Head skimmed. New cam belt. New VVC belt. New stretch bolts. Liners removed and shimmed. |
| -Shropshire | Mpi | -2001 | - | - | - | No | 2nd | 46,000 then 52,000 | 6 1/2 yrs then 7 3/4 yrs | - | None | low mileage - local | replacement of head gasket and skimming of block on both occasions |
| Tom Jones, Liverpool UK | VVC | 09/2001 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 37000 | 90 | 4000 | None | Unknown - just bought it | Skimming |
| George Alloa, Scotland UK 07740857310 (Can supply parts) | VVC | -1997 | - | -Standard Ti | - | No | 3rd | 56,000 | - | - | All Sleeves & Piston rings replaced/Multilayer HG fitted this time | Driven Hard - SD&P | Whole engine fully O/H & Engine Bay + clutch |
| fiona Kendrick Perton | TF | 11/02 | - | - | - | No | 1st | 23000 | 60 | -2000 | None | local | skimming |
| -Andrew R, Melbourne. Australia | VVC | 1998 | Std | Std | -N | No | 1st | 82000KM | 64 | 5000KM | None | City | None |
| Andrew R Melbourne. Australia | TF | 2003 | std | std | N | No | 1st | 31000km | 60 | 1000km | None | city | None |
Totals and Averages
| Total HGF |
| 824 |
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