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I remember when 1st looking at hippo's. ...found a 1.8 nice condition etc really liked it until I opened the bonnet...

I laughed to myself thinking WTF is that....it was the engine of course...it looked tinny in that cavernous space..my mind was made up there and then.

Supose you do get extra luggage space ;)
 
jedi said:
I agree with you, but where does the water go on a k series? You can't check it everytime you want to get in it.....it just randomly disappears...one day its there one day its not?

Just my personal experience with those engines..
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The 4 pot K series most common point of water loss is the inlet manifold seal. They are crap tbh.
The HG fails because the coolant level drops causing air in the water jacket. On any modern wet liner engine, no water around the liner spells HGF.

When I worked as a break down technician, when water loss was evident I often asked when the coolant was last checked, 9 times out of 10 the answer was "when it was serviced". Says it all really.
 
Freelaner said:
Like :)

Both of them are still better than the lacklustre V6 though ;)
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Can't comment on the V6...but apparently that can spring leaks too...also had a look at one of those, opened the bonnet...wow it had an engine:)

Took the oil filler cap off....o dear signs of mayo. ..I asked the dealer had it had any overheating issues? "No no sir" was the reply.....lying barstool:mad:

It was light blue in colour anyway....

far..far.......to gay:eek:
 
Nodge68 said:
The 4 pot K series most common point of water loss is the inlet manifold seal. They are crap tbh.
The HG fails because the coolant level drops causing air in the water jacket. On any modern wet liner engine, no water around the liner spells HGF.

When I worked as a break down technician, when water loss was evident I often asked when the coolant was last checked, 9 times out of 10 the answer was "when it was serviced". Says it all really.
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We told our sister to carry a 20 gallon drum of water in the back and we, d connect it to the resoviour via a pipe and drip feed water into it.....that way she wouldn't have to stop every 50 miles or so to give the car a rest:)

Who said the age of steam was dead:)
 
jedi said:
Can't comment on the V6...but apparently that can spring leaks too...also had a look at one of those, opened the bonnet...wow it had an engine:)

Took the oil filler cap off....o dear signs of mayo. ..I asked the dealer had it had any overheating issues? "No no sir" was the reply.....lying barstool:mad:

It was light blue in colour anyway....

far..far.......to gay:eek:
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I like the red ones :)

the V6 in my old Audi 2.6 petrol would wipe the floor with the rover unit and then some.
 
VAG group v6 engines are smooth and very torquey....ive got an old x reg 2.8 v6 4motion and its a joy to drive you can pull away in 6th gear if you wanted.....just not to good on go go juice especially if you give it some beans.. 204 bhp
 
jedi said:
Can't comment on the V6...but apparently that can spring leaks too...also had a look at one of those, opened the bonnet...wow it had an engine:)

Took the oil filler cap off....o dear signs of mayo. ..I asked the dealer had it had any overheating issues? "No no sir" was the reply.....lying barstool:mad:

It was light blue in colour anyway....

far..far.......to gay:eek:
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The thermostat housing made out of plastic (thanks to BMW cost cutting). It's sealed to the block with O rings. Sadly over time the O rings leak due to movement of the plastic thermostat in the block.
This causes the coolant level to drop with the same result as a 4 pot engine.

The V6 is less prone to HGF than the 4 cylinder.
 
jedi said:
But not on the scale of the k series overheating head gasket problems....its what makes them famous:)
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Of course BMW never purposely rubbished Rover products in order to devalue the company did they? ;)
They never did anything to help the situation.
 
Freelaner said:
I like the red ones :)

the V6 in my old Audi 2.6 petrol would wipe the floor with the rover unit and then some.
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In what way?
Reliability, probably.
Power per litre, no.
Emissions output, no
Break specific fuel consumption, no
Power to engine weight ratio, no

That's a lot in favour of the Rover V6 if reliability can be assured.
 
I don't agree with the bad comments about the 1.8 petrol I have had mine since February and its never used any water or oil and its good on fuel I mostly do short runs but have done over 300 miles a couple of times the only bother it has given me is the bludy three amigos
 
Nodge68 said:
The thermostat housing made out of plastic (thanks to BMW cost cutting). It's sealed to the block with O rings. Sadly over time the O rings leak due to movement of the plastic thermostat in the block.
This causes the coolant level to drop with the same result as a 4 pot engine.

The V6 is less prone to HGF than the 4 cylinder.
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Td4 has a plastic thermost housing too, sealed with an o ring. ..mines now got a new o ring and gasket sealer for extra strength. ... theres another plastic bit stuck to the head which has also got new o ring and huge dollops of gasket sealer on it too......and its fixed.

In 20k id have to do this again on a k series;)
 
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