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The water in the cylinders could be due to a leaking head gasket,or a leaking inlet manifold gasket,or a warped (plastic) inlet manifold. Be careful, water in the cylinders could cause hydrolic lock up ,you could bend a con rod,if the vehicle is parked up for any length of time,take out the...

My spare engine has been rebuilt by Dave Andrews from ,DVA POWER.I have fitted it and is now ready to work. Simon

Mad Hat Man, If I change the engine ,it would have to go through a type of ,type approval with RED KEN'S PCO/TFL(PUBLIC CARRIAGE OFFICE/TRANSPORT FOR LONDON). I have read many good things about Dave Andrews Simon

Bad News Head gasket on the way out after 23k miles, burning oil, loosing Coolant externally on exhaust manifold(RH) side of engine at rear(RWD) between block and head, oil/coolant mixture coming out of exhaust .I drive down the road and behind me is a bluey white cloud not good, misfiring...

I have covered 8k + miles since I changed the hg to the landrover mls gasket and with the ewp,prt,digital temperature gauge,separate oil cooler for the auto gearbox,alluminium higher capacity core radiator, engine fan controlled to operate at 90 degrees by a kenlowe probe and low coolant...

I have a k series 1800 rover engine which is fitted into my London cab ,the model is called a TX1,the engine runs on LPG as well as petrol.This is the second k series engined cab I have owned,the last one I owned covered apprx 135k but it did go through 4 HG'S.I have owned the latest one since...