there's nothing wrong with my head gasket ;)

Saytan · 10 May 2007 at 10:39

i've seen the words "nobody ever posts when their head gasket is ok" one too many times now

so here's a thread for those of us whose cars dont have mayo in the fillers - rover owners especially welcome!

agw_01 · 10 May 2007 at 10:40

There's nothing wrong with my headgasket!

In fact, I've owned 4 Rovers and I've never had head gasket failure... even when I had coolant leaks/no cooling fan on the 214 while stuck in traffic!

*grabs onto closest piece of wood and hangs on for dear life*

Mr_White · 10 May 2007 at 10:46

Right, sorry to hijack this thread, but it's the only chance I'll probably have to get your attention, are you Saytanica on Cybernations?

If you are can you visit http://hirenshah.co.uk/ocuk/ and sign up and let us know.

If you're not, sorry to bother you.

InvaderGIR · 10 May 2007 at 11:05

I never had a HGF on my renault 5, I blew up the 306 which killed the HG (that count as HGF?), and I haven't gotten to drive the 205 yet. Never got a HGF on my dad's rover, and it's a POS!

InvG

Bill101 · 10 May 2007 at 11:13

Can I make a claim for the earliest HGF?
My one and only HGF was on a Hillman Imp(well, a Singer Chamois) way back in 1972
All Au engine+ high Compression+ rear mounted was never a good idea

JohnnyG · 10 May 2007 at 11:29

4 Rovers (216gti, 216coupe, 623gsi & ZT 190+) amongst the 10 or so cars I've had and no HGFs at all, in fact the only breakdown ever was an ecu fault on the gti, they're much more reliable than that Jap rubbish

agw_01 · 10 May 2007 at 11:32

JohnnyG said:
4 Rovers (216gti, 216coupe, 623gsi & ZT 190+) amongst the 10 or so cars I've had and no HGFs at all, in fact the only breakdown ever was an ecu fault on the gti, they're much more reliable than that Jap rubbish

Errr, weren't the engines in the GTi and 623 Hondas?

JohnnyG · 10 May 2007 at 11:36

You know that, but general Rover slaggers don't

alexthecheese · 10 May 2007 at 12:20

Saytan said:
i've seen the words "nobody ever posts when their head gasket is ok" one too many times now

so here's a thread for those of us whose cars dont have mayo in the fillers - rover owners especially welcome!

DOOMED

Stonedofmoo · 10 May 2007 at 12:21

JohnnyG said:
You know that, but general Rover slaggers don't

You're right!

We just naturally assume that being a Rover whatever engine is in the bay it will be rubbish

Phate · 10 May 2007 at 13:25

agw_01 said:
There's nothing wrong with my headgasket!

In fact, I've owned 4 Rovers and I've never had head gasket failure... even when I had coolant leaks/no cooling fan on the 214 while stuck in traffic!

*grabs onto closest piece of wood and hangs on for dear life*

If that fails at the RR....

I will laugh....

and laugh...

and laugh

MrMatteh · 10 May 2007 at 13:37

my head gasket is er...

*keeps quiet*

agw_01 · 10 May 2007 at 14:02

Phate said:
If that fails at the RR....

I will laugh....

and laugh...

and laugh

Had a bit of a scare this morning though (no, not my headgasket). Got paid before, it showed up on my account but it won't let me draw any money out!

Been onto the bank and it's a problem at their end. Hope it's sorted by today... can't get any money until they pull their finger out.

Phate · 10 May 2007 at 14:05

agw_01 said:
Had a bit of a scare this morning though (no, not my headgasket). Got paid before, it showed up on my account but it won't let me draw any money out!

Been onto the bank and it's a problem at their end. Hope it's sorted by today... can't get any money until they pull their finger out.

Can't you draw it out even if you go into the bank?

If my new PIN doesn't come through I've got to draw out a wad to cover fuel - B&B - RR run - bleh.

helpimcrap · 10 May 2007 at 14:06

ive only ever had *touch wood* one head gasket failure on my XR2 which was rather spectacular as i was jumping over bridges etc and doing my rallcar wananbe thing. cue lots and lots of smoke out of the exhaust, the car dropping onto 3 pots and me nursing it home about 4 miles at 25mph....

had it back up and running 2 hrs later at a cost of about £8.

other than that no problems with that car and it did 145mph on the clocks a week later. :cool:

ones i havent.... 205, Fiat Panda, Escort 1.3, Orion 1.3, and Escort 1.6.

GarethSouthgate · 10 May 2007 at 14:06

It's the same with R5GTTs people say "ooo eer mate the 'ed gasket love to pop on those don't it "

Well yeah, if you whack the boost up, don't sort the fuelling out or the cooling, then of course the hg will fail, id rather that fail than crack a liner!

If you look after most cars, treat them with respect, service them properly you should see no issues.

Hell headgaskets aren't that hard to change, depending on the car of course

ci_newman · 10 May 2007 at 14:07

My MR2 is currently mayo-free! However, out of the 3 POS French cars I've owned, 2 of them suffered HG failure :rolleyes:

(a 306 and a ZX).

Japanese motoring for the win!

agw_01 · 10 May 2007 at 14:10

Phate said:
Can't you draw it out even if you go into the bank?

If my new PIN doesn't come through I've got to draw out a wad to cover fuel - B&B - RR run - bleh.

Not sure.

It's showing the payment into my account but hasn't updated the actual accessible funds.

Oh, the bank is a good 7 miles away. I don't think I have enough fuel

Phate · 10 May 2007 at 14:11

agw_01 said:
Not sure.

It's showing the payment into my account but hasn't updated the actual accessible funds.

Oh, the bank is a good 7 miles away. I don't think I have enough fuel

Can't get a lift?

With ID you should be able to draw it from the bank - explain there has been a **** up at the banks end and you need it urgently. They should be able to do something.

needmorespeed · 10 May 2007 at 14:54

My head gaskets are fine but they where only put on there about 3 weeks ago