Helped a neighbour swap the engine in his rover car. K-series engine (same as freelander?). The engine he put in was out of a scrap car he bought and had the engine running before the swap and it was fine. We started it last night and its only firing on 3 cylinders, checked the usual and found no.3 cylinder has no compression at all. We assume its a valve stuck open? Is there a way to check/cure without taking the head off?
Thanks Richard
pull off the rocker cover and turn it over ( no not the rocker cover the engine ;) ) ideally by putting a spanner on the crankshaft bolt ignition off of course should be easy enough to spot the sticky valve which should be tapping like a goodun and only have a huge tappet clearance, unless its a VVC engine cos I have no idea how the technology works on those. Derek
If you do have to take the head off, remember to time it first then carefully dismantle and withdraw bolts and DONT turn the engine until it's all re-assembled. If you do then you'll drop the mains off - makes the job a little bigger. Also don't touch the liners/sleeves/bores whatever you want to call them lest you let s**te into the seal area around the bottom. Lovely design aren't they? What's the opposite of longevity?
-Craig
Rover??????
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