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[Webby the Bear]

Evening guys, hope you're all well.

So, mates Rover 25 is losing coolant at a fast rate. 70k miles on the clock. Haven't seen it yet but being a Rover going to test for head gasket failure.

If it turns out to be this....

1.) is the exh. Manifold the front or back? Easy to get to?
2.) the timing belt. . . The last one I did ended up with pistons meeting valves  cos of my error so I'm keen to not have this happen again. So shuld I get it to TDC (or before Tdc?) mark the belt, undo tensioner, put back, tighten tensioner up. . . Or is there a special way of doing it I.r. With special tool or summat?
3.) is head skimming likely to be needed?
4.) any other advice?

My mate really likes the car so he's happy to pay me to do it but I of course don't want to mess it up so just getting a plan of attack formed should it come to that. Also if anyone has a Haynes manual they'd like to sell me pm me 

Cheers boys.

[Webby the Bear]

...oh and....

Presumably there's an engine mount to deal with over the timing belt area. Can I support that side with a floor jack and wood on the sump?

[EMD]

Martin had one of those , he did a fair bit of work on one so probabaly knows them inside out like TB 

[Webby the Bear]

Yeah did think about that. Plus the crocked car is in Kettering also so perhaps he'd cast his eyes on it if I was to get stuck.

Not been diagnosed yet so just throwing ideas around at this point . . . But know ing what those rovers are like for eating their head gaskets 

[EMD]

Yeah did think about that. Plus the crocked car is in Kettering also so perhaps he'd cast his eyes on it if I was to get stuck.

Not been diagnosed yet so just throwing ideas around at this point . . . But know ing what those rovers are like for eating their head gaskets 

Yeah my mates 75 ate its head gasket twice 

[Webby the Bear]

Pieces of shit mate. But he likes it 

[4x4]

Got cam locking kit here mate,if you want a hand let me know,done these before,check inlet gasket as that can also give hg symptons ,also change water pump and cambelt kit .

[JamesV6CDX]

I recall TB and I doing one of these in a day

(2007, eight years ago now!!!)

Fond memories of that day

[Webby the Bear]

Thanks Martin, really appreciate it  just a quick look. . . I'd forgot they were dual cam. Memories coming back that there are two arrow marks on each cam that meet in the middle when at Tdc iirc.

How would I go about checking if it's the inlet manifold gasket?

Sounds like a good day James 

[4x4]

Have to remove inlet manifold and you might aswell change gasket if going to do that,but when doing hear you will need to order correct gasket tho,so allow a couple of days to do the job.

[Webby the Bear]

Ok mate thanks. All looks quite straight forward.

Important notes I've read are not to turn the engine over with the head of cos of the liner. I also read that if the liners protruding out above spec the engine is virtually junk. Is this true?

[4x4]

Yep im sure ive read that aswell somewhere,thats why i said its best to do over several days so you can order correct gasket,or order both types and return the 1 not used,im off work from next wednesday for nearly 2 weeks if your mate can hold on till then 

[Webby the Bear]

Awesome mate thanks. There's no rush so I'll update when I know what's happening 

[henryd]

Timing on the k series is set at 90 degrees before top dead Webby so pistons halfway in bored.

[henryd]