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Ian G · 14th June 2018, 06:39

Ah, but what about the Aquaplane head?

E93a and 100E (among others) tuning at it's finest an East Anglian company once owned by a family member.

Cheers Ian

kaiser · 14th June 2018, 06:50

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Originally Posted by Ian G

Ah, but what about the Aquaplane head?

E93a and 100E (among others) tuning at it's finest an East Anglian company once owned by a family member.

Cheers Ian

Interesting! What happened to him? Went straight in a curve?:
(couldn't resist!)

MSS · 14th June 2018, 07:23

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Originally Posted by Moonshine Mark

Having owned a ZT190 and changing the engine in it twice I very much doubt it

Obviously being an MGR forum people are very defensive of the KV6, but in comparison to the 3.0 V6 that my Omega had (and the cambelt change cost me £40 labour) I know which I would buy now. My Omega had 232k on the clock and did not miss a beat, I gave up on my 190 at a little over 60k.

I still own an Omega V6 - in 2'5L - so know the engine very well. In fact, I've just finsihed replacing plug leads and spark plugs so the typing is a bit hit and miss with my sore hands and back.

The Omega V6 engine has many weak areas just like the KV6. It requires a good maintenance regime or a lot of luck for trouble free motoring. On mine, I had all the potential problem areas addressed as part of a mid-life maintenance programme and the car has been absolutely trouble free over 18+ years. But, take a look at the OOF and and you will soon get a different view to yours.

All V6's are trouble and expensive to maintain, but an absolute pleasure to drive.

Gate Keeper · 14th June 2018, 09:58

The chill out lounge is open for anyone in need of a change of non car belt talk and for mon ami conversations lol

kaiser · 14th June 2018, 15:58

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Originally Posted by mss

I still own an Omega V6 - in 2'5L - so know the engine very well. In fact, I've just finsihed replacing plug leads and spark plugs so the typing is a bit hit and miss with my sore hands and back.

The Omega V6 engine has many weak areas just like the KV6. It requires a good maintenance regime or a lot of luck for trouble free motoring. On mine, I had all the potential problem areas addressed as part of a mid-life maintenance programme and the car has been absolutely trouble free over 18+ years. But, take a look at the OOF and and you will soon get a different view to yours.

All V6's are trouble and expensive to maintain, but an absolute pleasure to drive.

This is obviously some type of sweeping statement which simply cannot be true. It is obvious, that the more parts you have in an engine, the more things can go wrong, so V8s should be worse than 6es or fours etc.
From purely personal experience, the Rover V8 is no trouble, apart from dodgy ignition modules years ago, The Jaguar V6 I know from the two liter and the 3 liter. Both fantastic engines! Only have had problems with ignition coils and a clutch, in 200000km.
The problem comes with the choice of materials, and the choice to use belts, in which the rover V6 excels on both fronts!

A V6 is not generally or specifically more troublesome than any other engine configuration.

Moonshine Mark · 14th June 2018, 16:36

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Originally Posted by mss

I still own an Omega V6 - in 2'5L - so know the engine very well. In fact, I've just finsihed replacing plug leads and spark plugs so the typing is a bit hit and miss with my sore hands and back.

The Omega V6 engine has many weak areas just like the KV6. It requires a good maintenance regime or a lot of luck for trouble free motoring. On mine, I had all the potential problem areas addressed as part of a mid-life maintenance programme and the car has been absolutely trouble free over 18+ years. But, take a look at the OOF and and you will soon get a different view to yours.

All V6's are trouble and expensive to maintain, but an absolute pleasure to drive.

Well I ran 2 Omega V6s to over 200k without them being expensive to maintain. The 2.5 V6 in my Cougar was a pleasure to own and I did nothing to it in the time I owned it.

The KV6 on the other hand, I wouldn't know if it was a pleasure to drive, it didn't run often enough

If we all thought the same life would be boring and if cars didn't have their little niggles we wouldn't need these forums to discuss them

Dorchester2 · 14th June 2018, 17:40

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Originally Posted by Moonshine Mark

If we all thought the same life would be boring and if cars didn't have their little niggles we wouldn't need these forums to discuss them

True thought mate!

wraymond · 14th June 2018, 18:23

Just sat and counted the cars I have owned since passing the test in 1960.

Comes to about, must have forgotten a couple, around 36. From my first car, an Austin A55, through a R-R Silver Shadow to my now daily 2.5 V6 with about 8 P6’s on the way.

Without any shadow of a doubt this Rover 75 has been the least troublesome of them all and the longest I have owned a car. Still a joy to drive after 9 years of ownership, it has niggles but in the general scheme of things absolutely wonderful. Cost me a modest amount of money plus routine servicing mainly. Including, incidentally, belts and pulleys at Lates (on here), whom I can fully recommend.

Therein lies its problem. These cars are so nice, with the most inaccurate and wrongly held image, it represents incredible value to those who appreciate fine cars but might be hard pressed to buy one. So the routine servicing is the first casualty after the first resale and so many are just waiting for the unwary buyer. That says far more about the secondary buyers than it does about the car.

Usually with about £500/1000 to add to the price, to cover the necessary but neglected routine belts and other service routines, the omissions surface as they would with any car. A lapse in servicing is not economy, it is a delayed transferred cost.

Dorchester2 · 14th June 2018, 18:37

That's precisely why I'd to pay a surplus of £2k over the buying price to float my boat safely (without any belt kit because that has been done in 2014 - around 32k mls done only since).

BigRuss · 14th June 2018, 19:10

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Originally Posted by Ian G

Ah, but what about the Aquaplane head?

E93a and 100E (among others) tuning at it's finest an East Anglian company once owned by a family member.

Cheers Ian

And here it is

[https://www.ford-aquaplane.co.uk/cat...uaplane-engine
Russ

14th June 2018, 18:23	#148
wraymond This is my second home 75 Auto 2.5 SE Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Westcliff on Sea Posts: 5,205 Thanks: 423 Thanked 1,680 Times in 1,014 Posts	Just sat and counted the cars I have owned since passing the test in 1960. Comes to about, must have forgotten a couple, around 36. From my first car, an Austin A55, through a R-R Silver Shadow to my now daily 2.5 V6 with about 8 P6’s on the way. Without any shadow of a doubt this Rover 75 has been the least troublesome of them all and the longest I have owned a car. Still a joy to drive after 9 years of ownership, it has niggles but in the general scheme of things absolutely wonderful. Cost me a modest amount of money plus routine servicing mainly. Including, incidentally, belts and pulleys at Lates (on here), whom I can fully recommend. Therein lies its problem. These cars are so nice, with the most inaccurate and wrongly held image, it represents incredible value to those who appreciate fine cars but might be hard pressed to buy one. So the routine servicing is the first casualty after the first resale and so many are just waiting for the unwary buyer. That says far more about the secondary buyers than it does about the car. Usually with about £500/1000 to add to the price, to cover the necessary but neglected routine belts and other service routines, the omissions surface as they would with any car. A lapse in servicing is not economy, it is a delayed transferred cost. __________________ member no. 235

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Dorchester2 incurable Rover addict Rover 75 Saloon V6 2.5 1999 - Rover 25 1.4 2002 - Rover 214i cab 1994 - Rover P5b coupe 1968 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Bioule. South West of France. Posts: 1,645 Thanks: 612 Thanked 385 Times in 223 Posts	That's precisely why I'd to pay a surplus of £2k over the buying price to float my boat safely (without any belt kit because that has been done in 2014 - around 32k mls done only since). __________________ Rover 75 V6 2.5 Auto Connie born 1 July 1999, 24 kOhms resistor, 10 kOhms manual starter, full E85, modified airbox, full derestricted SS exhaust line, power & torque remap -> 202 bhp This vehicle was the 7,517th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 1,190th 75 2.5 V6 Contemporary to be made out of 8,214 This vehicle was the 2,032nd 75 in Atlantic Blue Pearlescent (code: JEY) to be made out of 2,572 Atlantic Blue Pearlescent 75s

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Gate Keeper This is my second home 4X4 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nairobi Posts: 20,117 Thanks: 8,286 Thanked 7,017 Times in 4,160 Posts	The chill out lounge is open for anyone in need of a change of non car belt talk and for mon ami conversations lol