Rover K-Series Engine Part One

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Rover K-Series Engine Part One

This programme from the early Nineties looks at how Rover developed the long bolt design for its award winning K-Series engine.

Author: rovamota
Length: 06:05
Uploaded: 14.12.2008
Viewed: 9668×
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Video Category: Autos
Tags: Rover 200, 400, 25, 45 MG ZR, MG ZS
please!!!somebody ...   (leo6985600409)18.10.2009
please!!!some​body help me,if i change the thermostat,so​ the water start to run before 90 degrees,is it possible to save it from the damage?now i have 50.000km and there is not any oil leak.greetings from greece
And the head bolts ...   (drifmaniac2009)20.8.2009
And the head bolts hitting (and marking) the block surface during assembly
a watch dog report ...   (mickeymoose76)23.6.2009
a watch dog report and personal experience. a friend bought a 1.8 litre 75 in 2001 and had HGF3 times in 75,000 miles, another work colleague bought a 1998 freelander 1.8 and had HGF twice in45,000miles
an immigrant? what ...   (mickeymoose76)23.6.2009
an immigrant? what you on about?
Lol? You're just ...   (beehen12345)23.6.2009
Lol? You're just making yourself sound like an immigrant.
Known for head ...   (kazimann)14.6.2009
Known for head gasket problems.
Fundamentally, the ...   (TheSaintST1)5.5.2009
Fundamentally, the design is good but the execution although the execution was poor - most likely down to under investment in R&D. I would like to see how the SAIC (unit fares (for all their resources) with HGF and whether this has actually been engineered out. If this is the case then the through-bolt design can be fully justified.
So you are basing ...   (TheSaintST1)5.5.2009
So you are basing this on what you've heard? What data are you using?
20k is the norm for ...   (mickeymoose76)5.5.2009
20k is the norm for the later ones, I know someone who bought a brand new Freelander and has had HGF 3 times in the 55k miles it has done, this is typical of most MGR K series products
.. in a sense ...   (TheSaintST1)5.5.2009
.. in a sense giving credeance to this idea. Use of an MLS type gasket and the modified oil rail (bottom section) can relieve the problems as can using the PRT thermostat which can help to regulate the water inlet into the head better on warm up. But you say that most HG's go straight after 20k.. Well if that's the case then there are a lot of mech which aren't following the book closely. This engine has very, very strict tolerances and can't be repaired just like any old ford/opel/toy​ota engine
The problems were ...   (TheSaintST1)5.5.2009
The problems were mostly from the cooling system working in the opposite way from other systems in a bid to control emissions from cold starts and if this had been done the conventional way, we certainly wouldn't be seeing cases of distortion that would leadf to the HGF problem. Interestingly, high milegae cars have been using their original gaskets whereas cars used mostly for town have seen these problems manifest themselves at around 80-90k (on the original gasket).
Interestingly, most ...   (TheSaintST1)5.5.2009
Interestingly, most high mileage ones one their original gaskets do tend to last quite well. What you normally find though is that most of the 1.6 and 1.8s driven around town tend to blow their gaskets after about 80k.
You can criticise ...   (mickeymoose76)5.5.2009
You can criticise this practice in Rovers' case, since by doing this made the engine into a unreliable knightmare of an engine that is among the worst of history...
certainly is!   (mickeymoose76)5.5.2009
certainly is!
Dont talk shit, the ...   (mickeymoose76)5.5.2009
Dont talk shit, the K series is a total waste of space, you never get trouble with Toyota engines and I dont believe you for one second!
"in a few engines" ...   (mickeymoose76)5.5.2009
"in a few engines" ??? In 95% of the engines!!! only the single cam variants had any chance of lasting more than 20k miles before major rebuilds!!
a disaster of an ...   (poodlemuffer)13.4.2009
a disaster of an engine!
I'm some kind of ...   (SparrowNoblePoland)25.2.2009
I'm some kind of crazy about FSO Polonez with that engine.
3:10 to 3:20 when ...   (cju200)9.2.2009
3:10 to 3:20 when they fit the HG was so fucking funny seeing the HG drop then the guy just slams the head down lol
lol.. you talk shit ...   (TheSaintST1)1.2.2009
lol.. you talk shit too
The gasket problem ...   (TheSaintST1)1.2.2009
The gasket problem was not a major issue on earlier engines up to 1.4 litres. Problems came when they lopped the top deck off to fit the damp liners. the 1.6 and 1.8 were notorious for this. You cannot slag off this technique as it has been don for former F1 and motorbikes for a while before then. Rover was the first production car manufacturer to use this system. Given the funding that SAIC have given to the engine designers, HGF is no longer a problem.
valla puta mierda ...   (javinea)26.1.2009
valla puta mierda de motoress. malisimos ¨¨porexperi​enza¨¨
I have a yr2000 MGF ...   (iamthefatstig)27.12.2008
I have a yr2000 MGF on 97000 miles that has never had the gasket go. I had 3 MR2's before hand and all those went!
I suggest you stop ...   (cdr268)17.12.2008
I suggest you stop ragging the engine then, the K Series is a fanstatic engine with the after market head gasket on it. the Head has gone once on my ZR got it fixed with the new gasket, hasn't put a foot wrong since.
good revs good ...   (johnytaff)16.12.2008
good revs good engine for about 1000 miles but then the head blows.3rd engine in my rover 25 glad they out of buisness wouldnt touch a rover ever again i would rather walk on broken glass than drive a shit rover !!!!!!!!!!!!

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