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[martin42]

All in hand mate,should be fixed by the morning 

[omega3000]

What a mess it made of the drive , spewing its guts up  Nice toasty heater now also 

[martin42]

Even better once new rad is fitted lol

[omega3000]

Marks Plasma cutter would have come in handy to get the replacement panel off the scrapper 

[05omegav6]

need any help martin? 

Nothing a good dollop of therapy won't cure

[omega3000]

need any help martin? 

Nothing a good dollop of therapy won't cure

Not a dollop more of spitting brown gunk from the water pipes  Amazing how clean the coolant is now with a bit of soap suds an put on fast spin 

[TheBoy]

And thats why many cars, K series included, pop their HGs, because people are too idle/dense to change the coolant regularly...

[omega3000]

Amazed it still ran but engine seems bullet proof to a mass of abuse from lack of servicing 

[martin42]

Judging by the amount of sludge in the rad and pipes,its been well neglected or shit loads of stop leak stuck in it,tomorrow is another day,see how it runs after rad change and new coolant,then next week,a full service on it.

[Keith ABS]

 Didnt these engines have trouble with a small bore pipe that ran along the back of the engine and corroded upcausing HG failures?
keith B

[TheBoy]

Didnt these engines have trouble with a small bore pipe that ran along the back of the engine and corroded upcausing HG failures?
keith B

Any coolant leak tends to lead to HGF on these. There are a few common leaks, but the inlet manifold gasket on later K series (the one with the later cambelt setup) is the most common (ignoring rad leaks)

[martin42]

Well today was semi productive,was sorting out hose clips when i heard,drip,drip,drip on the floor,yes the water pump was dead,so got a new 1 delivered along with the rad,fitted water pump and just as i was about to do cambelt the locking tool turned up,fitted belt,and all the other stuff,opened up the rad and you know where this is going,it was the wrong 1,so i know have to wait till tomorrow morning to finish it.

[omega3000]

Must have been the pattern postie 

[martin42]

Good day for the rover,rad fitted,filled with water,run for a few hours,then left to cool,went to scrappy,got a throttle body and accelarator cable and now have the full 103 bhp instead of then 83 restricted from the factory,then changed water in systemvand now have antifreeze in it,still has a bit of gunk init but expected for now 

[TheBoy]

The 100bhp 1.4 isn't too bad, though you need to wrongs it neck.

The 1.6, on paper only a few horsepower more, is far better for power, more than the specs suggest