Seems to be running well again :D

Cambelt (broken), camseals x5 (one had failed), pulleys, water pump, thermostat, also rocker seals and Alt/fan belt (advised cracked/looked poor), plugs, fuel filter.

8h labour charged, plus I sourced all parts c.£400.
It appears a cam seal had failed, leaking ...

Water pump and Thermostat now ordered too!

(New but not sure gaskets included. Should originals be ok if replaced with care, or best change them too?) Can be returned within 30 days, in case she doesn't make it..

Geoff, Allan, you guys are fab, so supportive

UPDATE

CAMBELT was indeed found broken under the cover, also loads of oil there. He couldn't really say if this was clean oil (since my post breakdown top-up) or dirty/mixed.

He wants to first just put a new belt on, spin the camshaft by hand whereby ?check pistons have compression? He says this ...

Thanks Geoff.

What happened when your CAMBELT failed? Did engine just cut-out like mine, when pulling away or at speed? Any "collateral damage" or just a new belt & your V6 was fine?

I need hope!

New COIL arrived today, was replaced but still no spark.

Local garage is nice enough, but is now suspecting Camshaft cannot be turning, thus CAMBELT or related PULLEY failure. Is this plausible, does it fit the symptoms, i.e. (shortly after fill-up) cut-out but with no strange noises, since when it ...

UPDATE

So my V6 was recovered to a local garage, who didn't just replace the fuel filter, first tested for a spark: NONE 😳

He thinks it needs a new COIL PACK. I'm paranoid I messed up swapping HT leads back to the originals (rodent damage on newer ones in situ on breakdown), so mentioned the ...

Ah thanks Geoff. Sounds much more likely the Oil warning is just the effect of the engine cut-out then, not the cause.

As Allan suggested, I am actually thinking now a FUEL BLOCKAGE best fits the facts as investigated. It died immediately after fuelling from very low, HT leads ruled out, unlikely ...

I tried a few things today, given she's less than 2 miles from home. Mild and sunny so could have been worse..

Found NOTHING on the dipstick, worryingly (even if stranded on a slight slope) After adding 3.5 litres of 5W30 she now shows FULL on the stick when cold:: but is this too much? Clearly I ...

Thanks Geoff.

Garage recalled the receipt for me: it shows SUPER UNLEADED, they have no recent misfuel reports from that pump.

COIL, DISTRIBUTOR, KING LEAD: any way an amateur like me without garage equipment (only a multimeter!) can rule those in or out, or is it just a case of replacing them ...

Yesterday gave my V6 her weekly run to work (20 miles) and back.. almost. She broke down 1.5 miles from home. Would appreciate expert thoughts on what may have happened, advice what to do next.

She has been running really well, sailed through MOT August (just needed an ABS sensor);

Leaked oil ...

Thanks for replying Geoff.

O/S/F is open circuit thus DEAD, indeed looks like connector O-04 has suffered some ingress.
For N/S/F, connector O-03 looks fine but only 1440 ohms across pins. Maybe shows ingress has started here too?

Can't see my ABS brackets, but would I be daft not to get a new one ...

My ABS orange warning light never went off, a month ago.

Since removing headlights, fairly sure I have now found the front wheels' ABS connectors O-03, O-04 (although I couldn't find the Control Unit connector O-01, buried too deep under leisure battery etc for bonnet access).

Unplugging O-03 N ...

I'm very relieved to say the garage boss had another go today, solved it, he writes "was a bad connection on the relay underneath the fuse box".

Not sure which one he means, guess I'm not bothered now it's blasting out COLD air! Not pressing the point, but seems to me consistent with my "stress on ...

Thanks Geoff

Ok I have found the AC circuit you posted https://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/viewtopic.php?p=723668&hilit=Chinese+based+one#p720503 (may even be able to view that with Flash in Chinese browser).

Not sure what you mean by "pulling in on the pump"?

Will ask again, but garage ...

Would be very grateful for some help, suggestions please

AC Compressor pump on my V6 started grinding.intermittently, after hitting a pothole.

Garage removed the original AC pump with bare wire into its clutch solenoid. So it sounds like the connector was pulled off before (the need to unplug ...