Thanks guys. I had a mechanic friend look it over and he said he could smell petrol in the coolant and concluded that it was a head gasket failure. However that would cost me more to get done than the car is worth, so I'll take your advice and replace the inlet manifold gasket. Fingers crossed! Anything special involved, or is it just a case of disconnecting everything attached to manifold, clean up any residue once it's off, and put it all back again?
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