Rover Bubble

[Groundhog]

My other car is a sweet little T plate Rover 200 1.4 twin cam, I use this for daily commuting as its way cheaper to run than the Maverick.
Yesterday with temperature hardling climbing above -5°C the heater went cold, the engine stuttered and refused to idle, in the mirror I noticed the plume of white vapour from the exhaust covering the carriageway confirming that true to form the infamous Rover K engine has blown the head gasket.
The dilemma is it only cost me £400, do I pay the same again to have it repaired or just scrap it?

 

[cncfabs]

My other car is a sweet little T plate Rover 200 1.4 twin cam, I use this for daily commuting as its way cheaper to run than the Maverick.
Yesterday with temperature hardling climbing above -5°C the heater went cold, the engine stuttered and refused to idle, in the mirror I noticed the plume of white vapour from the exhaust covering the carriageway confirming that true to form the infamous Rover K engine has blown the head gasket.
The dilemma is it only cost me £400, do I pay the same again to have it repaired or just scrap it?

Put it out of its misery :lol

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

with the after market head gaskets and bolts available they can be fixed and will last for years! :thumb2

 

[rustic]

are you sure the block wasn't frozen, ie have you checked the anti freeze.

if the block is cracked....? scrap it.

 

[96terrano]

if the head is cracked you could probably get another engine for it....depends if you want to do all the work same thing happened on our rover 100 1.1 that was a K series

 

[TONUP]

I had a 1.4 just like yours, and I repaired the head gasket, which failed again after 20k miles. It was a bit of a fiddle of a job to do and cost around £200.00 (I think).

The engine, in my opinion, was a great little unit, producing around a 100bhp, but ultimately marred by this inherent weakness.

It's a tough call, but the only way to find out is to strip it down, evaluate the damage and see if is worth it.

Alan

 

[Groundhog]

Made the decision, too cold to start spannering so I've cashed in the tax, cancelled the insurance and scrapped the car.
In this weather I'll use Mav, when it's warmer I have the motorbike.