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@lynx
Todays fun was trying to figure out if headgasket has failed on focus zetec. The motor over heated and lost power, but coolant was low and the oil does even reach the bottom of the dipstick ;).
So car seems to run fine, no clouds of white smoke, no water in the oil or oil in the water and none of the cylinders or spark plugs look steam cleaned. There is no misfires and no water pressurisation.
Have a clarke compression tester but the screw fitting doesn't want to screw in, not something that you want to do at the kerbside. Might stick my cheapo endo camera down the bores to see what is going on.
My advice is don't get dragged in to fixing others cars especially as they get to sit in the warm and you get to stand in the drizzle and cold.