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Hi we bought a starter motor for £97 (many thanks for the website suggestion, the posts seem to have disappeared!) but the garage then said the exhaust system was strangely completely filled with water and after another hours investigation (3 hours total so far) they are now saying we probably need ...

Hi all - a huge delay since I wrote but there is progress! We finally got it recovered to Maypole Motors 1.7 miles away after some shenanigans, we eventually got the AA to do it for £106. You are right RobboMC they say it is the starter motor, but they have quoted £395 for this £240 for the part and...

we'll advertise it on ebay hopefully tomorrow. I think we will accept an offer in 9 days..

Hi Rob - sorry for the huge delay. Shortly after my last post we had a local mobile mechanic come to us, £40. They thought there was a short circuit near the starter motor but in any case they said it would need to be taken to a garage and the engine dropped to investigate. They also suggested selli...

Thanks Jonaf, RobboMC, Rob Bell Apologies for not providing an update - Mr C suggested a 24hr+ charge based on my charging device, which I did over a week ago but I think the situation might be as you describe - unfortunately it led to smoke everywhere (which we already saw a bit before) and the Ear...

p.s. thank you all for being so helpful and not suggesting I was very stupid to let this happen to our MGF!

Hi All - a little bit of good news! just a little but important nevertheless. I had an email from Mr C in the forum who convinced me to look at the battery again (luckily, as I thought it was fully charged), so I took it inside and charged it with an 'Ultimate Speed' charger we have (see links below...

Thanks all - tried again this weekend, and there is some progress - it is back to 'cranking' as it was doing before I tried 'jump starting'. Here are the latest videos showing the boot and dashboard as I tried to start the car: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hrPJbU8d2G2KzDmc39Gl7CsFFHMC8BFw/view?u...

Many thanks for the replies, sorry didn't get back until now. The battery seems fine, I've attached a picture with a voltmeter should 12v. I've also attached a video a few seconds long showing that happens when I turn the key in the ignition, some of the lights go on but no cranking etc. No smoke or...

Hi our MGF VVC 2002 32k miles was offroad for the last 2-3 year, now it has a new battery but won't start. I got a new head gasket about 6 years ago. Tried to start many times then connected jump leads from a BMW 330D - but after many attempts (then using the throttle in the BMW) the battery then st...