Rover V8 liner failure
Discussion
Ive had Rover V8's for many years, three out of four of my cars now have them. In fact my last Range Rover did 270,000 miles on a standard 3.5.
So I treated myself to a series 2 Range Rover, 4.0SE.
Within a week there was coolant problems, head gasket?,
Well NO, to cut a long story short, the liners in the
block had gone porous!!!!.
It turns out the new generation V8's are well known for this, starting from as low as 30,000 miles!!, most go around 70-80,000. If you have a Rover V8 of 3.9 or
greater from 1994 onwards, look out!, its a new bottom end!!. They can't be rebored there is not enough material in the block!!. Ive a nice new 4.6 now running on gas, fantastic, just what a Rover V8 should be!!.
I wonder how long this will last!!.
Apparently TVR have fixed this problem, anyone know how, Ive got a 4.0 block sitting in the garage, dying to go in the converttible!!.
So I treated myself to a series 2 Range Rover, 4.0SE.
Within a week there was coolant problems, head gasket?,
Well NO, to cut a long story short, the liners in the
block had gone porous!!!!.
It turns out the new generation V8's are well known for this, starting from as low as 30,000 miles!!, most go around 70-80,000. If you have a Rover V8 of 3.9 or
greater from 1994 onwards, look out!, its a new bottom end!!. They can't be rebored there is not enough material in the block!!. Ive a nice new 4.6 now running on gas, fantastic, just what a Rover V8 should be!!.
I wonder how long this will last!!.
Apparently TVR have fixed this problem, anyone know how, Ive got a 4.0 block sitting in the garage, dying to go in the converttible!!.
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