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In fairness I'm talking about engines rover produced, and petrol units at that. The L series is a Perkins engine.ba_barabus wrote: »Early ones had relatively few issues and were no worse than any of the competition in that regard. They also pushed out over 100hp (105?) from a 1.4l engine. VW only managed to do that in the Golf over 15 years later. Toyota didn't do it until the VVTI came along.
I'm not for a second dissing the Honda engine at all but I don't think it's fair to say Rover engines were all shyte. And lets not forget, the Rover L-Series engine was good enough for Honda
As regards to the k series, all 4 cylinder units gave hg issues as they were all based on the same sandwiched together with long bolt design. They also had a hollow area in the between each cylinder which left only a very thin area for the hg to cover.
Maybe earlier ones didn't suffer from noisy tappets or piston slap, I can't remember tbh, but by 96 they definitely did as a family member had a 96 200 series that gave these issues.
The 1.4 did have a good bhp rating for it's time tbf but from driving a k series 414 and it's Honda 90bhp civic equivalent I didn't notice much between the in regards to performance.0 -
Only because Honda were unable to make a diesel engine themselves
Two decades later and they're till struggling
Honda got rid of the l series diesel and replaced it with a VTEC engine. In the civic this VTEC engine was the 1.5 Eco vtec unit which was a much nicer engine than the l series tbh and offered similar economy.
Honda make good diesels nowadays tbh. I dont see how they are still struggling. Their first effort 10 years ago mightn't of been the best but they have long since perfected their diesel units.0 -
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I see what you did there.ba_barabus wrote: »I haven't seen it in ages. TBH it makes a welcome break from the Alfa/BMW/Merc trend that permeates through every thread on the forum.
I was clearing up ToyotaAvensis misunderstanding, JohnBoy made a sweeping statement and we had 2 messages each about it. Hardly massively OT now was it?
Anyway, here is a banger
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/rover-45/7888576
NCT June 2015 and all work seems to be done.
Not your ornery onager
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ba_barabus wrote: »I haven't seen it in ages. TBH it makes a welcome break from the Alfa/BMW/Merc trend that permeates through every thread on the forum.
I was clearing up ToyotaAvensis misunderstanding, JohnBoy made a sweeping statement and we had 2 messages each about it. Hardly massively OT now was it?
Anyway, here is a banger
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/rover-45/7888576
NCT June 2015 and all work seems to be done.
It's not up recently alright but again it will achieve nothing.
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-renault-laguna-nct-08-15/7860881
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Never heard that K-series HGF involved radiator failure - unless the rad failed and caused the HGF.toyotaavensis wrote: »I sincerely apologise. I made a mistake thinking it was a k series engine and the fact that the rad was gone on the car made me think the HG might be on its way out.
My bad lads
anyways back to bangers - a little haggling brings this lpg machine into budget
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2004-ford-focus-lpg/7755547
Not your ornery onager
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http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2001-bmw-car/7909613
01 BMW 525i, 9 months tax, 3 months NCT, auto, climate, leather.0 -
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Never heard that K-series HGF involved radiator failure - unless the rad failed and caused the HGF.
Or presumably HGF could be the cause of radiator failure also. i.e. rad gets full of gunk and realistically the only job is to replace it.
1.8 VVTI Celica; 6 spd;
100k miles were told;
nct 08/15;
leather;
unmolested;
Asking €1,200
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-celica-for-sale/7937915
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johndaman66 wrote: »Or presumably HGF could be the cause of radiator failure also. i.e. rad gets full of gunk and realistically the only job is to replace it.
Nah. K-series engine long gone before the rad could get full of gunk 0 -
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'06 Superb 1.9 TDI, asking just €2,350. Doubt it can be bought for 2k cash just like that, but if you find something wrong with it during inspection, you never know!
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tinofapples wrote: »Off board PM dealing ....... tut tut :eek:
Nothing so underhanded, I prefer to engage with persons via phone and in person over time wasting and unsubstantiated offers, or should I hand myself into the nearest Garda station 0 -
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