Rover K engine cost.....?

If the block was damaged in an accident, surely the rest of the car is so badly mangled that it's not worth repairing?

I too wondered about the sort of damage that would write off a block in situ and leave the rest of the car at least repairable. Gunfight? Over enthusiastically laid speed bumps? Meteorite?

The block was speared by a pole from some railings....the car looks fine except for some small holes in the grille!!

The only other things that suffered were the rad and exhaust manifold...oh well....

'looks fine'

I'd want that checking on a jig, as anything that can break a block will have twisted bits of the monocoque way before the block gave way.

It doesn't take much to pierce a block with a sharp hard object. The block is usually only about 1/4 inch of cast iron, which will fracture easily.

Wasn't the ZX the equivalent 306, and yes think the above applies

Er, isn't the K-series all alloy?

Tim S Kemp ( snipped-for-privacy@timkemp.karoo.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

As usual with PSA, the Pug range "facelift" coincided with a "new model" in the Cit range.

The ZX spawned the original 306, which got the 406-nose facelift at about the same time as the Xsara came out.

Same with the AX -> 106/"new 106" -> Saxo.

Can't that be tracked back though to something even more obscure

Tim S Kemp ( snipped-for-privacy@timkemp.karoo.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

No, the AX was a completely new pan, IIRC.

Ah yes, I'm thinking Talbot Samba aren't I...

Samba and Maxi in the same evening.... where's that Gin....

Possibly. If that is the case, replace the word 'iron' with the word 'alloy'

Erm....

Mind you, when I bought the car I checked here on the NG for common problems and one of the first things I did was to flush the cooling system and fit a new radiator - maybe OTT but as I said, never any engine trouble at all, even under very heavy loads.

Darren