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martin42

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Rover has died
« 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  :(
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chrisgixer

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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #1 on: 15 December 2013, 14:57:57 »
TB would probably suggest checking the inlet for water leaks first. ...?
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martin42

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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 on: 15 December 2013, 15:35:56 »
Rover has died  :'( Cabby to the rescue  :y
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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #8 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
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martin42

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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #9 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.
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omega3000

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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #10 on: 15 December 2013, 16:20:40 »
Cough cough silver MV6  :-\
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martin42

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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #11 on: 15 December 2013, 16:38:19 »
Could be the reason i need,not paying what he said i could tho .
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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #12 on: 15 December 2013, 17:03:03 »
Got your text mate. gutted!!!!!

Want any help with it???  :)
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martin42

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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #13 on: 15 December 2013, 18:18:13 »
At the moment.might be scrapping it and getting a big 4x4 instead  :y
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Re: Rover has died
« Reply #14 on: 15 December 2013, 18:27:31 »
K series head gasket failure? Surely not.
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