We got about 500 miles away from our Moroccan Rally 2012 launch point in London to then experience a fatal problem with the engine.
We spent most of yesterday considering our options to repair the engine which included exploring local garages in Angouleme, posting up requests for help on Landyzone.co.uk (A Land Rover forum) and emailing our various contacts.
One of the Landyzone members put us in touch with Drew in Aunac, who has been incredibly hospitable and helpful. We spent 6 hours yesterday attempting to diagnose the fault. We took the head off and the the head was slightly warped, we couldn't see anything else obviously wrong with only the head off, so put it back together in the hope that it might solve the problem. Unfortunately it didn't resolve the problem and has confirmed our suspicions that the engine is terminal.
We will be heading back to the UK at some point today and will return to Aunac in the near future to collect the Land Rover. The Rusty Rhinos don't do AA!
The rally is not cancelled, but will be relaunched once the car engine has been repaired/replaced in the UK. Full details of our events and the relaunch will follow.
We hope it is sunny in England!
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