Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club Forum

You'll fit right in here, with a fleet such as that!

GTiJohn wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:00 am

crepello wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 25, 2019 9:57 am

Or alternatively, currently at £100: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392353151624

Now at £310 - 'reserve not met'

15 bids from 6 bidders took it to £770, reserve met.

Or alternatively, currently at £100: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392353151624

Well well, a 214S in Oyster Beige, and only 30k miles.
Unexceptional? How did that get in?

Try https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392344019127



The seller's new to photography too - unless the compost heap is included!
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What year is your car? Earlier cars used a thermoswitch in the side of the radiator to control the fan. Regarding coolant flow: Starting and idling from cold, you should be able to feel the heat spread across the radiator after the thermostat opens. The water pump should be generating just enough he...

Just shows what happens when the Club steps up to help!

They might even let it into London now!

Some of what you say sounds like 216-speak!
Either way, a dodgy crank angle sensor could confuse the ECU as to injector timing.
There's also this to consider!

It does seem strangely incapable of putting its driver in a good mood though!

Maybe a slip of the keyboard there? Shouldn't we be looking for mid-stroke to align the camshafts to? In which case, a pair of equal length rods (I use a pair of used head bolts) in 1 & 2 bores would sit at identical heights. The manuals are a bit vague on the pulley markings. I have deduced that 'I...

A decent garage will be able to do both a cylinder compression test and a cooling system pressure test; that's more professional than just making a guess! The through bolt passages also act as a oil return so there could be a leak between one of those and water jacket, but it would be nice to elimi...

It's such a pity mgroverpartfinder.com does not host the hierarchical parts lists and official exploded diagrams in the manner of Rimmer's, given that they are the official production source.

BTW, how do you do a (K-Series) PS fluid change?

Apparently on the 214 sub-frame, those heavyweight supporting struts at each end of the steering rack subframe are plated over but not sealed at all, so salty road water gets trapped at the bottom around the threaded nut where the front lower arms bolt on and so rot is prone to develop there too. T...