Bangernomics car of the week/day - Part II

dgt wrote: »

..........RJ might be able to shed light on them though

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Copy and paste of a PM I sent someone .............


There's nothing too specific with them really, they're basic enough and easy to see if they're right or not.

Head gasket issue bla bla :pac:

The 1.4 it will have either the R65 or a Ford box that I can't remember the code of Anyway if it's an R65 that isn't whiney than it's fine, if it's whiney it might go in the next 10,000 miles or so. The Ford ones (IB5 maybe were stronger)

The only really common thing is heater resistor pack failure, they burn out on speeds 1 and 2 on loads of Rovers/MGs, easy and cheap fix.

If it's an ex English yoke she may have rusty arches and sills, Irish ones shouldn't rust although I had a 1997 Rover 400 that was getting rusty around the lower arches, an Irish ZS would be ok though as they're young enough.

All ZSs should have the green inlet manifold gasket which are far better than the older black type which degraded and leaked. A reach around the back of the engine (while it's cold) to see is there any dampness there would be no harm to do, new manifold is only about €15 from LandRover dealers but no harm to know if it's needed or not, helps with the bargaining.

They have the Honda style rear suspension so a peak at the trailing arm bushes is worth it, when they wear the handling suffers a bit, no biggy, cheap enough to get but not an easy job on the drive at home, well do able though.

Don't think there's much really about them, good basic cars with savage handling.

Ideally you want the EKA code (4 digits) as well as two working fobs. EKA code can be sourced anyway but best to have it.