That is almost certainly not a blown head gasket, kettle series engines had a problem with the liners that the pistons run in, its probably the seals on these that has gone.
@MetroMartin We still have this car... its all green now :L it still starts first crank and runs fine. All be it a little bit noisy because the lifters are sticking a little. The engine over heats in about 10 odd minutes. As soon as water is poured in it goes straight to the crankcase and into the oil. The oil is creamy and thick, im surprised it hasn't clogged the oil pump and passages. But the dash oil light goes out straight away. Still a very good body... if someone wants to save it.
on injection cars, if they have been laid up for a few months even years, a decent and fully charged battery and most will fire up straight away after the fuel pump has primed the system.
Its a Rover 100 not a metro i'd keep it and do the work myself you just need to skim the head and change the gasket. then get some flushing oil to get rid of the ''mayonaise'' looking gunk . then you'd have a cheap run around. thats if you havn't nackerd the engine by starting it up when gasket blown. :)
@theothertrainee hi the car was neither scrapped or repaired, we sold it on ebay but the buyer never collected it, so its still sitting there, we started it up and moved it a little a few days ago, not sure what were going to do with it
I would not be running that engine if as you say, it has water in the oil - no wonder it sounds like its knocking.
If you can change the headgasket yourself then deffinatly do that. You can change the head gasket for less than £50, or do the headgasket and timing belt and probably the water pump too for less than or around £100. Well worth it.
@ash7990 im aware of the dangers of running an engine with water in the oil, yes a new head gasket would be worth it, but now that this car has blown the head gasket and over heated it will just blow another one. what this car really needs is one of those head gaskets with the space saver shim, they cost upward of £100 along, and the car cant be worth that because it only sold for £110 on ebay and the bloke never came and picked it up, oh well i do plan to do the gasket at some stage :)
@MO3MINI Has it overheated? or did it just blow the headgasket. The only time it would blow a second headgasket would be if the cylinder head has gone soft due to it getting so hot. If the head hasnt gone soft and is nice and straight then the replacment headgasket will be fine. No need to spend £100 on a headgasket. Ive spend £30 on headgaskets for these engines and never had a repeat failure.
If you have a Rover/MG and the head gasket goes, call Russell Walsh at MG Rover solutions. He will travel to most parts of UK, work is guaranteed and is well respected on ROVER and MG forums. Highly Recommended and very reasonable prices. [Cheaper than typical local garage]
@MeetOSX the car its self is still in pretty good nick, its just the crap engine which I dont think was a BL engine i think they got it cheap from Honda or someone like that. it floored the car, they should have kept the A series engine :)
thanks for your comment, the car was great ran well very smooth drive. the only thing that is wrong with it is the head gasket, but even with this problem it still starts right up and drive
Wow! Those K Series engines are great! They can still easily keep up with a lot of modern cars. Very reliable except for the little head gasket issue. But a bit noisy when they're pushed. And they can be a bit clicky when they've sat for a while or when they're cold. Like that one.
i dont think this one is ever gonna see the road again, the gasket has been gone for a long time and has most likely coursed some sort of internal damage by now.
I don't know. My dad had two Rover 214's and one of them blew the head gasket at 120K, he still drove it for a year and water was just gushing from the block. The only thing he had to do was top it up with water and antifreeze every 5 miles. But that was the only car we had then so we had to drive it until he could make enough money to buy another.
That is almost certainly not a blown head gasket, kettle series engines had a problem with the liners that the pistons run in, its probably the seals on these that has gone.
densthedaddy1 2 weeks ago
also as long as the engine still has compression with HGF it will start, although it may over heat shortly after
MetroMartin 3 months ago
@MetroMartin We still have this car... its all green now :L it still starts first crank and runs fine. All be it a little bit noisy because the lifters are sticking a little. The engine over heats in about 10 odd minutes. As soon as water is poured in it goes straight to the crankcase and into the oil. The oil is creamy and thick, im surprised it hasn't clogged the oil pump and passages. But the dash oil light goes out straight away. Still a very good body... if someone wants to save it.
MO3MINI 3 months ago
on injection cars, if they have been laid up for a few months even years, a decent and fully charged battery and most will fire up straight away after the fuel pump has primed the system.
MetroMartin 3 months ago
What you could try, is K-Seal.
Fill up the coolant and put a bottle of that in with it, then let the car warm up on idle.
Be sure to fix the overheating problem first though.
Also, you'll need to change the oil.
The reason I recommend K-Seal, is because I put it in my Rover 216 K-Series when all the coolant got into the oil, and it worked!
jmurray01 4 months ago
Its a Rover 100 not a metro i'd keep it and do the work myself you just need to skim the head and change the gasket. then get some flushing oil to get rid of the ''mayonaise'' looking gunk . then you'd have a cheap run around. thats if you havn't nackerd the engine by starting it up when gasket blown. :)
Toyotacamry1993 4 months ago
did it live was that tap just a cam carrier or bottom end on its way out??
pattzydriveman2010 5 months ago
il buy it where are you?
pastytit 10 months ago
Was this car repaired or scrapped?
theothertrainee 1 year ago
@theothertrainee hi the car was neither scrapped or repaired, we sold it on ebay but the buyer never collected it, so its still sitting there, we started it up and moved it a little a few days ago, not sure what were going to do with it
MO3MINI 1 year ago
I would not be running that engine if as you say, it has water in the oil - no wonder it sounds like its knocking.
If you can change the headgasket yourself then deffinatly do that. You can change the head gasket for less than £50, or do the headgasket and timing belt and probably the water pump too for less than or around £100. Well worth it.
ash7990 1 year ago
@ash7990 im aware of the dangers of running an engine with water in the oil, yes a new head gasket would be worth it, but now that this car has blown the head gasket and over heated it will just blow another one. what this car really needs is one of those head gaskets with the space saver shim, they cost upward of £100 along, and the car cant be worth that because it only sold for £110 on ebay and the bloke never came and picked it up, oh well i do plan to do the gasket at some stage :)
MO3MINI 1 year ago
@MO3MINI Has it overheated? or did it just blow the headgasket. The only time it would blow a second headgasket would be if the cylinder head has gone soft due to it getting so hot. If the head hasnt gone soft and is nice and straight then the replacment headgasket will be fine. No need to spend £100 on a headgasket. Ive spend £30 on headgaskets for these engines and never had a repeat failure.
ash7990 1 year ago
LOOKKK!!!
If you have a Rover/MG and the head gasket goes, call Russell Walsh at MG Rover solutions. He will travel to most parts of UK, work is guaranteed and is well respected on ROVER and MG forums. Highly Recommended and very reasonable prices. [Cheaper than typical local garage]
theothertrainee 1 year ago
not bad for 'shitty' car is it? HGF and standing for 7 month first time start?
theothertrainee 1 year ago
oi do you want to sell em bumpers or wha u spud
pastytit 1 year ago
AHHHHHH BRITISH LEYLAND!
MeetOSX 1 year ago
@MeetOSX the car its self is still in pretty good nick, its just the crap engine which I dont think was a BL engine i think they got it cheap from Honda or someone like that. it floored the car, they should have kept the A series engine :)
MO3MINI 1 year ago
@MO3MINI The K series was designed by Rover, but it's sort of based on a Honda engine.
MrMoterKid 1 year ago
dont sound too good (n) in good nick tho mate :) Great vidd.
iBillyyy 1 year ago
Great Cars are Rovers cannot wait til I get one, people say Rovers are rubbish but I think they are the best car on Britians Roads.
Thanks
Daniel
bartonlane 2 years ago
thanks for your comment, the car was great ran well very smooth drive. the only thing that is wrong with it is the head gasket, but even with this problem it still starts right up and drive
MO3MINI 2 years ago
The only fault with the K series engine, still a good engine though and the car is in good nick.
Daniel
bartonlane 2 years ago
Wow! Those K Series engines are great! They can still easily keep up with a lot of modern cars. Very reliable except for the little head gasket issue. But a bit noisy when they're pushed. And they can be a bit clicky when they've sat for a while or when they're cold. Like that one.
MrMoterKid 2 years ago
i dont think this one is ever gonna see the road again, the gasket has been gone for a long time and has most likely coursed some sort of internal damage by now.
MO3MINI 2 years ago
I don't know. My dad had two Rover 214's and one of them blew the head gasket at 120K, he still drove it for a year and water was just gushing from the block. The only thing he had to do was top it up with water and antifreeze every 5 miles. But that was the only car we had then so we had to drive it until he could make enough money to buy another.
MrMoterKid 2 years ago