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So the engine is out and I've found the culprit. One of the freeze plugs had popped out in the head. Just waiting for my water pump to arrive and I can do a pressure test on the cooling system to see if I need to delve deeper. Dropped the sump off and apart from a load of milky oil laying in the bottom it looks like the crank is in good condition. Also managed to free off the completely stuck distributor, given a clean up and back in. Good weekend so far.

Your basket is in bad shape. I did this job 6 years ago. I still have the 98 OBW w/ the 2.2 works like a top. Here is the link to all of the parts I used plus a pic of a brand new basket to measure yours against. This is an easy job. Technical name for the basket is “GEAR COMPLETE-REDUCTION DRIVE”