1995 Rover 414 Headgasket - Spanner
A mate of mine has a 1995 Rover 414 (later shape)that is showing some of the symptoms of a blown head gasket. I say 'some' as the coolant expansion bottle is full of 'mayonnaise' yet it is not overheating (even in traffic) and there is no signs of oil/coolant mixing on the dipstick or under the rocker cover.
There is no signs of coolant being pressurised by combustion gases either.
I pressure tested the cooling system by pressurising it to 20 psi and it sank from 20 to below 10 psi in under 10 minutes.
The owners would like to know if it is worth repairing as the car only cost under a grand. I presume the engine is the somewhat fragile K series and if so do they have wet liners that can leak from the lower seals?
What is the spares situation likely to be since Rover went belly up?

Thanks in advance
Andrew
1995 Rover 414 Headgasket - madf
Add some Barrs leaks and run it till it dies say I...

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