Back into 75 Ownership!

Halkyon · 31st December 2019, 12:10

Hi

I had a Rover 75 CDTi a few years back when I lived in Scotland, 2 minutes down the road from Astraeus in fact, which proved rather handy! I sold that car for exactly what I bought it for when I no longer needed it to commute.

Now a few years later I find myself back down in England with a job that requires driving down (okay sitting in traffic on) the A14 fairly regularly. Of course I've decided I should do this in style in a 75. As such I will take delivery of a 2002 Rover 75 Connossieur 1.8 Auto on Friday that I'm pretty much buying sight unseen but very cheap. I has an MOT until July 2020 but it has been sitting for around six months being used very little.

While I was tempted by a V6 I'm gambling that I'll get on better with the relative simplicity and better milage of the 1.8. Cheaper to fix barring sourcing replacement heads, I hope.

Now given the car has a little over 90k miles on it I'm going to assume it has likely had the HG "done" at some point in its lifetime but the seller is not sure. I've been reading up on the issue on this very forum - are the PRT, uprated oil rails and head bolts easily identifiable without stripping the engine down (much)? I'd like to be able to identify what exactly I'm dealing with in terms of risk pretty quickly.

Other than that inevitable concern I look forward to an exceptionally comfortable and relaxed daily drive.

31st December 2019, 12:10	#1
Halkyon Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Huntingdon Posts: 35 Thanks: 8 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Back into 75 Ownership! Hi I had a Rover 75 CDTi a few years back when I lived in Scotland, 2 minutes down the road from Astraeus in fact, which proved rather handy! I sold that car for exactly what I bought it for when I no longer needed it to commute. Now a few years later I find myself back down in England with a job that requires driving down (okay sitting in traffic on) the A14 fairly regularly. Of course I've decided I should do this in style in a 75. As such I will take delivery of a 2002 Rover 75 Connossieur 1.8 Auto on Friday that I'm pretty much buying sight unseen but very cheap. I has an MOT until July 2020 but it has been sitting for around six months being used very little. While I was tempted by a V6 I'm gambling that I'll get on better with the relative simplicity and better milage of the 1.8. Cheaper to fix barring sourcing replacement heads, I hope. Now given the car has a little over 90k miles on it I'm going to assume it has likely had the HG "done" at some point in its lifetime but the seller is not sure. I've been reading up on the issue on this very forum - are the PRT, uprated oil rails and head bolts easily identifiable without stripping the engine down (much)? I'd like to be able to identify what exactly I'm dealing with in terms of risk pretty quickly. Other than that inevitable concern I look forward to an exceptionally comfortable and relaxed daily drive. __________________ The Fleet: Morris Minor 1000 Saloon (1968) Rover 75 Connoisseur 1.8 (2002) Last edited by Halkyon; 31st December 2019 at 12:20..