Rover coolant help please...

[Justme]

Mine used to do this. It was the gasket on the inlet manifold that was at fault. About £3 from eBay.

 

For now just keep topping it up. Start doing it daily till you get a feel for how quick its losing it. You then have time to find the leak.

 

The main reason for the head gasket failures is lack of under bonnet checking of coolant levels. 25's are just so reliable that most owners never go under the bonnet. The low level allows it to over heat & then the head gasket goes.

[Vincent_grounds]

Mine used to do this. It was the gasket on the inlet manifold that was at fault. About £3 from eBay.

 

For now just keep topping it up. Start doing it daily till you get a feel for how quick its losing it. You then have time to find the leak.

 

The main reason for the head gasket failures is lack of under bonnet checking of coolant levels. 25's are just so reliable that most owners never go under the bonnet. The low level allows it to over heat & then the head gasket goes.

 

+1

 

My K series gaylander is losing water, partly due to evaporation through cracks in the top of the expansion bottle and partly through the inlet manifold into the No2 cylinder. Do you have a slight mis-fire for the first couple of hundred yards from cold?

[Justme]

No misfire but it was number 2 & it was leaking into the cylinder as well as very slightly to the outside.