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Old 11-10-2010, 12:40 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
K-series being Honda engines?

(People sometimes forget that not everyone speaks the same language )
Whilst you are here, where's my ecomodder stickers paid for nearly 12 months ago ?

Anyhoo - no, the K-series to which I refer is the Rover one and not the Honda one - so it rotates the conventional way etc.

It can be confusing as at the time the K-series was being introduced Honda and Rover were development partners, but the Rover K is not the same. Its a very light engine with low levels of coollant etc and a sandwhich construction.

Unfortunately it also got a reputation for head gasket failure - so much so that the MGF was sometimes known as the MGHGF.

The 8v 1.1 (60hp) and 1.4 (75hp) seem reasonably reliable though.
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