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Sebastienclement · 8th February 2017, 08:13

I must say my experience with the K series has been the opposite.

I have had two - one in a 45, one in a 75. I treat my cars very well and tend to chuck a ridiculous amount of money at them. Both cars had a full service history and the 75 had had the HG done some 20,000 earlier.

The 45 had the IMG replaced, new coolant, water pump, cam belt & tensioners when I bought it. Level checks every week yet a year in it started using coolant & the HG had gone. Stuck some steel steel in and it ran perfectly for the next two years. And before I get shouted down for that it was either that or the scrapper for it. Eventually floor and structural rust killed it.

The 75 had the same treatment. It never used any water and was looked after meticulously but suffered HGF twice. First time it was fixed by a well respected MGR mechanic but just over a year later it went again.

I've now had 3 KV6s since & had no trouble with them.

8th February 2017, 08:13	#3
Sebastienclement Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: London Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 136 Thanked 160 Times in 85 Posts	I must say my experience with the K series has been the opposite. I have had two - one in a 45, one in a 75. I treat my cars very well and tend to chuck a ridiculous amount of money at them. Both cars had a full service history and the 75 had had the HG done some 20,000 earlier. The 45 had the IMG replaced, new coolant, water pump, cam belt & tensioners when I bought it. Level checks every week yet a year in it started using coolant & the HG had gone. Stuck some steel steel in and it ran perfectly for the next two years. And before I get shouted down for that it was either that or the scrapper for it. Eventually floor and structural rust killed it. The 75 had the same treatment. It never used any water and was looked after meticulously but suffered HGF twice. First time it was fixed by a well respected MGR mechanic but just over a year later it went again. I've now had 3 KV6s since & had no trouble with them.