Pearl Black 2004 MG ZT260SE mark 1, V8 for sale

Partial service history with 109,270 miles. MOT until 30/3/2016 with no advisories. Number '76' of 883 made

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For sale due to the death of the owner, has upgraded memory seats, very rare x-power back boxes and Acufab throttle body pushing the power to around 275hp. Drives well with no issues, recently replaced front shocks and new battery before sale.

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Car stored in Bath and is regularly taken out for turnover so mileage will change slightly.

Body work is okay with some minor dinks, slight scrap on near side mirror.

Other than the above has standard mk1 trim both inside and out, including Xeon lights all round electric windows and leather seats.


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To view please PM me or email mg.zt260@ntlworld.com

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Sale for £5200 ono

******Sold subject to fund transfer******

Excellent news Tim, well done.

Nich.

Someone's getting a great car :)

Cheers Nich. Could not have done it without Robbie's help.

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Excellent news Tim, well done.

Nich.

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Could not have done it without Robbie's help.

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My pleasure, Gentlemen.

Just one set of 18" alloy wheels to go now. . . . .

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******Sold subject to fund transfer******

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All paid
I've bought it to replace the sale of my MG Montego turbo

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All paid
I've bought it to replace the sale of my MG Montego turbo

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Youve got a great car there Jeff :thumb

Welcome along Jeff.

Nich.

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Welcome along Jeff.

Nich.

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Thank guys
Been after an MG ZT V8 since I saw one in Wrights of Lincoln in 2004.
I can now afford one and will have a lot of fun with it

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Thank guys
Been after an MG ZT V8 since I saw one in Wrights of Lincoln in 2004.
I can now afford one and will have a lot of fun with it

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WELCOME :D

When you're green there is loads to read.

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Will sort the green out next week after ive picked it up

Welcome along Jeff!

Erm, how do I go green?

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Erm, how do I go green?

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Congratulations on your new toy! I am sure you will enjoy...welcome to the asylum :)

To go green, you will need to fill out a questionnaire which you should be able to get from Tim I believe. Apparently, you should have received one automatically by email when you first joined...don't feel left out, I never got one either.

Tim should be along shortly and will sort you out, or if impatience gets the better of you, you could try sending him a private message which might get his attention more quickly.

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Congratulations on your new toy! I am sure you will enjoy...welcome to the asylum :)

To go green, you will need to fill out a questionnaire which you should be able to get from Tim I believe. Apparently, you should have received one automatically by email when you first joined...don't feel left out, I never got one either.

Tim should be along shortly and will sort you out, or if impatience gets the better of you, you could try sending him a private message which might get his attention more quickly.

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Many thanks a love the car already. Oooo and i'm green

Just a quick update
Loving the car, had a few issues that I've mostly sorted but it's wonderful.
New tyres, replacement TV tuner, sat nav stopped working, new MOT, got a slight knocking from the internal fan, oil change done and oil leak sorted, boot leak sorted
Done over 3000 miles in it and I love it
Hoping to get to POL later in the year so see you there

Really glad it's gone to a good home Jeff.

Nich.

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Just a quick update
Loving the car, had a few issues that I've mostly sorted but it's wonderful.
New tyres, replacement TV tuner, sat nav stopped working, new MOT, got a slight knocking from the internal fan, oil change done and oil leak sorted, boot leak sorted
Done over 3000 miles in it and I love it
Hoping to get to POL later in the year so see you there

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well done Jeff :thumb

Hi and a late welcome from Sweden!
Great cars we have.:-)

Just an update on the car. Toured up to Scotland, toured France around reims area. Now has over 121,000 on it and I love it and can't stop driving the thing. Had the car detailed by a mate of mine and it looked new once he had finished with the exception of the front bumper scuff. Now had that done. Had a couple of oil changes and will be replacing all spark plugs over the winter as I'm getting a misfire sometimes, diff and gearbox oil check and sort the clicking noise behind the dash. I know what it is but will sort when it's off road for the winter.

If the slight clicking noise is what you suspect to be the fan in your earlier post. Have another look. It may be the internal distribution valve for the heating. Mine does it and took me a while to work out what the noise was.

Could the misfire be vapour lock, When does the problem occur?

SJR

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Just an update on the car. Toured up to Scotland, toured France around reims area. Now has over 121,000 on it and I love it and can't stop driving the thing. Had the car detailed by a mate of mine and it looked new once he had finished with the exception of the front bumper scuff. Now had that done. Had a couple of oil changes and will be replacing all spark plugs over the winter as I'm getting a misfire sometimes, diff and gearbox oil check and sort the clicking noise behind the dash. I know what it is but will sort when it's off road for the winter.

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If your misfire spreads to more than 1 cylinder, think about an air leak; my PCV pipe rubber-elbows (cam-cover PCV valve to throttle body plenum) rotted through and caused that.

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Just an update on the car. Toured up to Scotland, toured France around reims area. Now has over 121,000 on it and I love it and can't stop driving the thing. Had the car detailed by a mate of mine and it looked new once he had finished with the exception of the front bumper scuff. Now had that done. Had a couple of oil changes and will be replacing all spark plugs over the winter as I'm getting a misfire sometimes, diff and gearbox oil check and sort the clicking noise behind the dash. I know what it is but will sort when it's off road for the winter.

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Just noticed, "121k". Are you sure that the PCV valve has been changed at 90k according to the service schedule?
So called "experts" say don't bother, BUT Ford say 80k, MGR 90k, and my car was 105k from the prior replacement when it failed, sticking open or closed according to how it felt and creating very random weak-mixture misfiring. Both the PCV valve and the pipe, which rots and leaks air, are available from RockAuto and quite reasonably priced. ... just my two-penneth!

(Edit) Motocraft numbers for RockAuto:
PCV valve: EV-261 (2C5Z-6A666-AA)
Hose to Throttle-body: KCV-240 (2L2Z-6A664-FA)

David

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Just noticed, "121k". Are you sure that the PCV valve has been changed at 90k according to the service schedule?
So called "experts" say don't bother, BUT Ford say 80k, MGR 90k, and my car was 105k from the prior replacement when it failed, sticking open or closed according to how it felt and creating very random weak-mixture misfiring. Both the PCV valve and the pipe, which rots and leaks air, are available from RockAuto and quite reasonably priced. ... just my two-penneth!

(Edit) Motocraft numbers for RockAuto:
PCV valve: EV-261 (2C5Z-6A666-AA)
Hose to Throttle-body: KCV-240 (2L2Z-6A664-FA)

David

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I changed the plugs and the misfire stopped.
As I bought the car on 109,000 I have no idea if anything else had been changed prior to my purchase of it.
What part is the PCV valve ?

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If the slight clicking noise is what you suspect to be the fan in your earlier post. Have another look. It may be the internal distribution valve for the heating. Mine does it and took me a while to work out what the noise was.

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Its the unit that changes the flow of air and heat. I had it go on my ZS180. Haven't got round to fixing it as it didn't worry me too much.

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Its the unit that changes the flow of air and heat. I had it go on my ZS180. Haven't got round to fixing it as it didn't worry me too much.

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Think you will find it controls water not air.

ZT 260's are different to the V6 ZT in the way distribution works, and I assume the ZS.
Rover 75V8's are different again which is why the "Y"-piece fix doesn't.

David

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... What part is the PCV valve ?

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Like I said:
Motocraft numbers (for RockAuto):
PCV valve: EV-261 (2C5Z-6A666-AA)
Hose to Throttle-body: KCV-240 (2L2Z-6A664-FA)

There appears to be no MGR number for the PCV valve even though it is "replace" at 90k on the service schedule!
Not sure about the hose.

If you need to identify WHERE the thing is and/or what it does, please PM me.

David

PCV valve is Positive Crankcase Ventilation.

SJR

The valve lets the engine breath and burn crankcase fumes. You can clean it with brake cleaner or petrol.

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The valve lets the engine breath and burn crankcase fumes. You can clean it with brake cleaner or petrol.

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The only thing I can say, is that the valve sticking open on my car caused weak-mixture warnings and within a fistful of miles overheating to the point that the Concorde-takeoff fan came on. Not good.

That may be a bad luck one-off, but they are cheap things to replace, like the schedule says to do anyway.

David

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Just an update on the car. Toured up to Scotland, toured France around reims area. Now has over 121,000 on it and I love it and can't stop driving the thing. Had the car detailed by a mate of mine and it looked new once he had finished with the exception of the front bumper scuff. Now had that done. Had a couple of oil changes and will be replacing all spark plugs over the winter as I'm getting a misfire sometimes, diff and gearbox oil check and sort the clicking noise behind the dash. I know what it is but will sort when it's off road for the winter.

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is the misfire when it's wet? Think water drips somewhere into the engine and causes a misfire. I had it before few times

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Think water drips somewhere into the engine and causes a misfire. I had it before few times

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Through the hole for the windscreen washer jet unit on the RH Side.

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Through the hole for the windscreen washer jet unit on the RH Side.

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And fills up No 8 spark plug hole, the other side can do the same...

I think he cured the misfire, with a plug change?

SJR

Just an update, had to have a new diff that was replaced by Chris, new coil packs now on the car as that was the problem with misfire. Front wheel bearing now changed and also abs sensor. Now has 130,000 on it and I'm still in love with it

I saw this for sale thread on Google just now and I've now near done 50'000 miles in 7 years next month with this car.
Learned a lot and done quite a bit to it and had a few issues on the way but still think this is a great car and I'm very happy I bought it.