S2 K Series Head Gasket Has Gone

[campbell]

Thanks Simon and Tut.

Now as Robin has observed, engine debates are for other existing threads...this one is about K head gasket help etc

[KingK_series]

Why is it so popular? Does it apply to certain other types of head? My Mk1 XR2 had its head skimmed after some minor catastrophe (don't think it was HGF though) and it went better, and longer, after the work was done...

Because garages think it is a fix - remove the problem that they can see... and it's fixed

Unfortunately they are dead wrong, which is why so many people have repeat failures... and get fed up.... maybe even go honda...

the worst this is that I wrote that post on seloc 6 years ago, and still so many owners and garages don't get it.

[Corranga]

a/ for min effort, just fit with a 82 DEG PRT

I know very little about engines. How can I tell if I have an 82 deg prt fitted?

[KingK_series]

a/ for min effort, just fit with a 82 DEG PRT

I know very little about engines. How can I tell if I have an 82 deg prt fitted?

you will have a big cream 3 way plastic thermostat holder in the pipework forward of the gearbox

[woody]

a/ for min effort, just fit with a 82 DEG PRT

I know very little about engines. How can I tell if I have an 82 deg prt fitted?

you will have a big cream 3 way plastic thermostat holder in the pipework forward of the gearbox

Am I wrong to assume the elise parts PRRT is the same thing? It's grey and houses an 82 deg thermostat.

ETA, this: http://www.eliseparts.com/products/show ... hermostat/

[Corranga]

Thanks guys, will have a look when I'm changing my gear cables as the weekend.

Sorry for the thread drift..

Chris

[KingK_series]

you will have a big cream 3 way plastic thermostat holder in the pipework forward of the gearbox

Am I wrong to assume the elise parts PRRT is the same thing? It's grey and houses an 82 deg thermostat.

ETA, this: http://www.eliseparts.com/products/show ... hermostat/[/quote]


dunno what eliseparts have got in the grey body by way of temp set

however the grey PRT as fitted to 2004 MGTFs were 88deg stats with a heavy spring for Rover V8s, because it didn't work very well the spec was changed to 82deg in a cream body.

It was never designated PRRT by Rover that is seloc nonsense.

[roadboy]

Got that the wrong way round Simon.

The cream stat has the stiffer spring and the grey one was released with a softer spring to solve the flow issues at low rpm.

The 88 degree stat with a stiff spring had a black body.

HTH

Dan

[KingK_series]

Got that the wrong way round Simon.

The cream stat has the stiffer spring and the grey one was released with a softer spring to solve the flow issues at low rpm.

The 88 degree stat with a stiff spring had a black body.

HTH

Dan

Apologies, you are absolutely correct, the grey stat body has the 82deg stat for the K series, with the lighter spring


- had forgotten which was which since I never used one, since I have my own 74 deg PRT for all my cars

- here

[ABZ-Elise]

Reflect-A-GOLD??? that wouldn't have been cheap to do a bulkhead with. Last time I checked it was over £60 for a 24" x 24" sheet.

[robin]

Looks like Aquarius (Apollo 13 lunar module).

[KingK_series]

Looks like Aquarius (Apollo 13 lunar module).

The baulkhead is a 9mm nomex honeycomb which not only insulates me from the engine bay better than OE but gives me space for my over the gearbox exhausts and dry sump tank location. Gold just looks pretty like the New Generation engines.