Just got back from picking up a project car we decided to take a chance on.
I bought it from a lady at work.
Late 2002, 52 Rover 75 Connoisseur.
50,000 miles, in the same family since 2005.
It's the 1.8 16v K series!
(Have a receipt for nearly £8,000 when they purchased it in 2005)
Black leather, all the toys, and is nothing other than mint apart from a couple of cosmetic bumper marks.
So, what's wrong with it? It's a project car, bought for project money, so there's bound to be something!
The lady told me she was driving along, and the temperature light came on, the gauge being v high.
She took it to a 'garage' (a garage I know and particularly despise), who charged her £40 for putting some radweld in, and saying "probably the head gasket, love".
B@stards! Probably done more harm than good.
The temperature still wasn't stable, so she decided to get rid and cut her losses.
The car does not misfire, and starts on the button.
I drove it a mile home, (we live close), and all the gauges seemed OK when I got back.
Once on the drive, I removed the header tank cap, and..... PRESSURE!!! The coolant came flying out at a serious rate of knots.
Would you agree this is comensurate with head gasket symptoms?
I know the early K series ate them for breakfast, but I thought something as new as a 2002 would use a multi layer gasket?
Would you skim, also?
Looking to do a proper, honest repair before moving the car on, (unlike the radweld guy!), but equally don't want to replace lots of components that don't need it.
In terms of the work, I've done lots of K series head gaskets before (haven't we Jaime!!) so no problem with that.
Opinions?
