Tony999

Thanks for that - I'm reassured. T

Thermostat housing had a hairline crack and they changed the throttle cable but on return there were some electical issues: Iterior lights/sunroof/radio and digital clock not working and warning that back door open was on permanently. Garage took 15 mins to fix and said fuse which may be true but the warning light seems an odd fault for a fuse (and the digital clock did come on once or twice before they fixed it) so they must have done something wrong even if they just blew a fuse. From feedback it seems I'm imagining things so maybe the engine just sounds different. T

After having some (non gearbox) work done on my P reg 2.8 auto galaxy ghia I am getting about 21mph per 1000 rpm in top gear e.g. 80 mph = 3800rpm (approx). I may be going mad but I am sure that it was more like 24/25 mph per 1000 rpm previously. Can someone with the same car please check and let me know what rpm their engine is doing at say 60mph or 80 mph please? Thanks