metro oil in header tank

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Sun 24 Sep 2006 23:05
metro oil in header tank - cliff
hi,
my daughter complained that her car was over-heating when i had a look at it i discovered the header tank was tainted with oil and the inside of the cap had the familiar white gunge normally found on the inside of the oil filler cap when water has enter the oil.
on this occasion there isn't any sign of water on the inside of the oil filler cap on on the dipstick.
would you say this is a head gasket blown and, if so, is it a fairly straightforward job?
any comments welcome
cliff
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Mon 25 Sep 2006 08:53
metro oil in header tank - Collos25
Almost certain head gasket.
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Mon 25 Sep 2006 10:34
metro oil in header tank - tr7v8
Which Metro as in how old? Is it a K series or an A or A +?
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Mon 25 Sep 2006 11:44
metro oil in header tank - Chris S
or it might 'just' be a cracked head like mine.
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Mon 25 Sep 2006 13:32
metro oil in header tank - cliff
it's a k series, the one with the black plastic rocker cover.

a friend just told me that these engines are very susceptible to damage if you let them overheat.

he also told me to take the head off and look at two plastic locating pins either end of the block, if these are melted forget about any repairs.
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Mon 25 Sep 2006 22:46
metro oil in header tank - cliff
found another cheap car so scrapping this one, cheers for the replies.
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Mon 25 Sep 2006 23:13
metro oil in header tank - stuartl
There are loads of k-series rovers in scrap yards in perfect nick but overheated engines...................my brother has a factory built k series Caterham 7 that did it's first head gasket at 7000 miles. Crap engines. That's Rover for you.
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