allen Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 I've a Zetec in my 7 but my lad has a K reg 1600 K series in his rover, which has a small amount of oil in the water. Is this likely to be a head gasket failure? How difficult a job is this, are special tools etc. required? Thanks in advance for any help, allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Could be - may be best to get the coolant checked by a garage ?? The gasket doesnt require any special tools other than torque wrench , a couple of new gaskets for manifolds and water pipes and a dab of sealant . Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 This sounds like a classic failure of the silicone sealing bead. Rover have a new design of gasket that removes this problem, but beware that when the head comes off that the head may be warped. If so, it will require dismantling and a skim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 ...and while the head is off it would be silly not to etc, etc wink.gif btw Peter, the engine is nicely run in now and I think the cam timing is spot on performance wise. Noticably more torque than both the BaT Superlights. It still "hammers" quite a bit and the oil pressure was dropping to around 3bar after a 20min session (whereas your engine seemed to stay stuck at 4bar no matter what) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 The extra torque *might* be dure to the extra head work.. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Yes Dave I'm sure that was it wink.gif However when I spoke to Peter before I mentioned that the engine didn't feel quite as responsive as his, though it was being run in then and not going over the 4K rpm limit. He said that we could alter my cam timing to match his engine, but now that it's run in I think that it's fine as is - assuming the hammering is OK ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Induction hammer is quite common with hotter cams, its certainly worth optimising the cam timing, I have the lift at TDC figures here somewhere. Its also worth persuading the other half to buy you an M3D Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 The cams are standard Supersport ones though, unless someone sneaked some different ones in there ? I believe Peter rang you to get the optimum cam timing settings when we set it up the first time round ? Oh and there's no chance of SWMBO allowing such a purchase at the moment sad.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Ah.. yes he did.. I remember, so the chances are that you are running with a lot more overlap than the SS cams normally run with and the head has had a lot of work so it will tend to give a bit more hammer than most. Just hope the hammer is acoustic and not mechanical.. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen Posted March 26, 2002 Author Share Posted March 26, 2002 Thanks for the advice, doesn't sound too taxing - even if I do end up doing the job for him! allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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