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Rover Metro GTa 1.4 8v K-Series
mike smith1 - 23/11/06 at 04:53 PM

Look's like the girlfriends run around has dropped a valve, no compression to cylinder 2 and on removal of the rocker cover the hydraulic lifter is easy to push into the valve.

Any one had any experience of rebuilding this engine, i have access to seat cutting and valve cutting gear.

Before i fork out for a haynes manual does anyone have any info for the timing etc

Any help much appreciated

Mike

angus.d - 23/11/06 at 05:22 PM

Mike

I have to admit it doesn't sound good. If the valve is stuck open it could have caused a lot of damage to the head and/or piston, particularly if this happened while the engine was running or if the engine has tried to be started.

You won't really know until you take the cylinder head off.

A cheaper option could be to look for a lowish mileage 2nd hand engine from a crashed one etc.

Best of luck

Angus

BenB - 23/11/06 at 05:24 PM

Or do what that person did in one of the mags ?PPC or ?practical classics and put a VVC K series in it

mike smith1 - 23/11/06 at 06:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Or do what that person did in one of the mags ?PPC or ?practical classics and put a VVC K series in it


She scares the crap out of me in it now!

Mike

hillbillyracer - 23/11/06 at 08:31 PM

If you want it to be slower, did they not do a 1.1 K series?