Thread: Rebuilding a Rover V8

I've dug up the old Rangie thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/range-rove...lown-away.html So we may be able to this discussion away from this thread as I have Hijacked it enough I seem to think

Cheers Tony

Originally Posted by rovercare

10 bolts

plus 4 seat belt thingy's, wiring etc....

Hard to say, as funnily enough the 90 is a bit of a different creature to the 89

Maybe I should take some time off and come for a visit

Ha Ha and you are right again. I've noticed a few small things and will be in for a few suprises as well right.

Time to stock the fridge and fire up a large out door heater

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Ha Ha and you are right again. I've noticed a few small things and will be in for a few suprises as well right.

Time to stock the fridge and fire up a large out door heater

Yea, I wouldn;t expect to much work except for feeding the fire and emptying the fridge

hi there, im hoping to fix up my 91 d1 v8 on lpg as a fun offroad bus.

it blows steam and water dribbles out the exhaust and you get tiny bubles coming to the surface of the header tank reserve. (it hasnt been cooked either)

id read you can inspect the plugs as a way of looking into this and apparently that if your 'steam cleaned' plug is near the rear its likely a head gasket.

mine (if it is) would be front left , as pictured below.

does this sound right ?? or could any of them be 'steam cleaned' and it still be a head gasket ?

also will a compression test reveal anything ? (the sort with gauge on end of pipe you screw into spark socket.)

thanks in advance.

There are waterways at both ends of both heads, so a head gasket leak could be from any end cylinder and leak water into the exhaust etc.

Lets hope that is what it is, as the alternative is the block has slipped a liner.
Regards Philip A

thanks for that info, i think ill take that sides head off first and have a look.


googling the topic 'slipped liner' i found this rover related pdf overview of the topic. (attached)

So i got the left head off this morning after removing everything else i had to yesterday.

Looks promising, as there's definitely something going on with the the area next to front #1 that had the steam cleaned spark plug.

And all the liners look fine.

head and block photos in next post.

so now im thinking about whether i should get work done on the head/valves while its off... ?

Heres my head and block shots: