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Title: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 14:40:38

Got 5 miles from home,heater went stone cold,lost power and wont idle,seems like head gasket went  :(

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: chrisgixer on 15 December 2013, 14:57:57

TB would probably suggest checking the inlet for water leaks first. ...?

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 14:59:26

That was my 1st port of call,car has been fine no coolant loss at all,will start stripping it down next week end.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: TheBoy on 15 December 2013, 15:34:41

Too late, if you let the heater go cold, the HG has gone. End of.

Its likely to have been a leak originally, that allowed the coolant to drop, and this then pops the HG.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: omega3000 on 15 December 2013, 15:35:56

Rover has died  :'( Cabby to the rescue  :y

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: TheBoy on 15 December 2013, 15:35:58

And if its a 25/45 with plastic intake, its very likely to have been the green inlet gasket that caused the leak.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: TheBoy on 15 December 2013, 15:36:26

Quote from: Emd on 15 December 2013, 15:35:56

Rover has died  :'( Cabby to the rescue  :y

I'd rather walk.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 15:40:04

Never lost any coolant,only checked it friday night before leaving home,i shall start stripping it down over the next week,order new gasket set and bolts and find somewhere local that does head skimming.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: TheBoy on 15 December 2013, 15:44:54

Quote from: The Mad mechanic on 15 December 2013, 15:40:04

Never lost any coolant,only checked it friday night before leaving home,i shall start stripping it down over the next week,order new gasket set and bolts and find somewhere local that does head skimming.

I suspect it had developed a leak ;). IME, and after talking to some of the powertrain guys, they don't just fail in Rover applications.

I got away without skimming mine, but she knew to stop driving it as soon as it started to miss (about 3 miles after the heaters went), as we'd been joking that it was overdue a HG ;D

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 15:48:23

See how things go,cant do anything now till tuesday,got parts ready to order when i put some cash back into account tomorrow.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: omega3000 on 15 December 2013, 16:20:40

Cough cough silver MV6  :-\

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 16:38:19

Could be the reason i need,not paying what he said i could tho .

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: Webby the Bear on 15 December 2013, 17:03:03

Got your text mate. gutted!!!!!

Want any help with it???  :)

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 18:18:13

At the moment.might be scrapping it and getting a big 4x4 instead  :y

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: MR MISTER on 15 December 2013, 18:27:31

K series head gasket failure? Surely not.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 19:08:27

It happens,wasnt through neglect tho,always check coolant every week as its not used much .

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: Webby the Bear on 15 December 2013, 19:30:28

Let me know Martin and if you want help I'll come over  :y

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: martin42 on 15 December 2013, 19:35:17

Made mind up,going to be scrapped next week,cash in tax,remove my old stereo,oh well,was a cheap car  :(

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: 05omegav6 on 15 December 2013, 21:00:07

It's lasted longer than most :y

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: 2boxerdogs on 16 December 2013, 08:37:52

Yep, don't see many now,however little old lady round the corner from me has an immaculate one had it from new.

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: omega3000 on 16 December 2013, 12:13:41

There is still a fare few about , all with similar issues , not seen any with any rust though  :)

Title: Re: Rover has died
Post by: TheBoy on 16 December 2013, 17:49:27

Quote from: ex taxi al on 15 December 2013, 21:00:07

It's lasted longer than most :y

Mine lasted 12yrs and 116k. Although did have a new HG at 72k.

A fine car, would still be here if it hadn't been the rag doll in a multi car pile up  :'(. A strong little car as well, hence I survived to tell the tale :D