Rover K-Series Engine Part Two

[Liamautomechanic]

i fitted a fair few of the modified tin gaskit. seems to have cured the problem. none have blown since.grand wee car to drive. good video by the way.

[gunnit1001]

I sighed at 1:50 and yet it was pot luck, anything as low as 30k or even 120k before first head gasket failure. But you would have thought by the late nineties they would have realised there was a problem and used a proper gasket? After BMW ownership the pheonix four should have focused on replacement cars for their range instead of sports cars (MG SV), although the MG Z's are under-rated in my view as long as you opt for diesel, v6 (ish) or v8, 10 years too late to save them though

[Liamautomechanic]

@gunnit1001 they were a great car to drive.

[gunnit1001]

@Liamautomechanic I'm not saying they are bad cars by any means and yes the gasket fix does seem to work, there's no denying it. It's just a shame they never came out of the factory with a decent gasket. Interestingly MG are using what is essentially a 1.8 turbo k series, and the 6 drives alot like a ZT. Re-engineered technology perhaps

[Liamautomechanic]

@gunnit1001 The first rover gaskit i fitted was on the rover 400 k series cleaned r well down. skimmed the head tightened r well down. never looked back. the new tin gaskit is a good job. grand wee motor.nice to drive.

[PUREAAMERICAN]

What a concept, a company on the verge of collapse that decides to implement unproven technology to cut quality and costs. It was like they learned NOTHING from Honda.

[mushroomscouser]

Unless that man with a beard designs engines. Shit engine. He was wrong.

[chrisrkelly61]

i had a k series in a rover 216...head gasket death at 55,000...what a shit car!!!

[JACQUES330]

The head gaskets mainly went on the 1.8 models due to the bigger capacity aqnd the cylinders were close to the water jackets but the 1.1 , 1.4 and 1.6 were all fine.

[Aussiemarco]

@JACQUES330 I wish my 1.6 K engine had of listened to you say this. Then I'd still have my 416 instead of selling it to a wrecker for £90 - the only way I could rid of that piece of shit after it died so dramatically.

[Liamautomechanic]

@Aussiemarco they were a good car to drive, plenty of power for a 1.6 engine.apart from the originally dodgy gaskit.

[mushroomscouser]

The guy with a beard is an absolute twat

Furthermore, he was wrong.

K-series head gaskets contributed to the failure of the company. Instead of waffling he (they) should have put a value on the technical risk. He (they)didn't.

He didn't. The rest, as they say, is history....

[benbmx1000]

and that is a mono brow! lol

[L1CKMYBA11Z]

50k miles, headgasket time!

[JACQUES330]

@L1CKMYBA11Z Mine was 75k

[engineroomapocalypse]

Shame they couldnt similate out Head-gasket and inlet manifold gasket failures

[hamster639]

@engineroomapocalypse My teacher is an ex rover engineer and worked on the K-series project and he says it's not the gasket design, he said it's when BMW bought Rover and they had to make the engines bigger to a 1.6/1.8 by changing to damp liners, the original k-series used in the wedge cars had wet liners and were very reliable, ARG had Maestros and Montegos going around for testing and not one had head gasket failure or any other type of failure, the problems started 1996.

[authmaax]

the money spent developing this could have been used in adding engine mounts to achieve the same results, yet not compromising engine longevity

they should have K.I.S.S. more

[tolsonryan]

effectively bends,is that the head gasket hes talking about lol

[MakINE16V]

Buen video, mis felicitaciones, muy muy bueno

[morgman43]

My Dad used to own a 414 which had covered 145,000 miles and was on its original headgasket when he sold it. Also faster and more efficient than any rival.

[zincdustdust]

we had a 214 k series it would beat most cars from the lights

[jamesysam002]

I had a 1.8 k series Freelander and it was a god damned shocking engine on that car. The headgasket failed nearly every year, and two of the bolts actually stretched too much, which meant that in turn the engine came apart whilst driving.

Shocking engine in the FL, sounds like its a gooden in the smaller cars though?

[djmonsta200883]

got a 1996 metro, k series 1.1l. Awesome engine, low maitainance and starts every time no problems!

[adamnshane]

if you never did this! rover would still be here! dikwads! i got a rover brilliant car, brill engine, shit idea ! for long headbolts

[jsj24uk]

You can always trust a man with a beard and a woman with a posh English accent.

[danziga88]

FANTASTIC VIDEO!

i have got a rover 25 1.4k series, and i love this engine!!

[djmoner]

nice :)) keep going :) i'm waiting part 3 ;)

[rovamota]

That's all there is, I'm afraid.

[rovamota]

There was only two parts.