mg/saic head gasket

mark d3 · 7th August 2012, 20:56

as fitted to the MG6 thought it might be of use for some members
MG6 HEAD GASKET

e668ecp · 8th August 2012, 13:53

I thought the MG 6 head was different or someone on .org said

chipsceola · 8th August 2012, 14:41

It say's it fits all K series 4 cylinders from 1.4 to 1.8.
Chips

SKS Disco · 8th August 2012, 14:48

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Originally Posted by chipsceola

It say's it fits all K series 4 cylinders from 1.4 to 1.8.
Chips

MG6 does not use the K Series though does it?

marinabrian · 8th August 2012, 15:27

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Originally Posted by XPart02

MG6 does not use the K Series though does it?

It's the N series, which is pretty close.
Did you manage to sort Ken at Lion Garages query about V8 handbrake shoes then Stu?
Oh and that ECU is winging it's way south for you

Brian

e668ecp · 8th August 2012, 15:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by marinabrian

It's the N series, which is pretty close.
Did you manage to sort Ken at Lion Garages query about V8 handbrake shoes then Stu?
Oh and that ECU is winging it's way south for you

Brian

The SAIC engine is a TCI-Tech engine as MG Motor once told me.. son of the N-series. Totally re-engineered so I was informed by them

ViT · 8th August 2012, 15:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by e668ecp

The SAIC engine is a TCI-Tech engine as MG Motor once told me.. son of the N-series. Totally re-engineered so I was informed by them

I think they're trying to distance themselves from the K-Series headgasket sega as best as they can. I'll accept it's a reworked K Series, but it's not "Totally re-engineered".

beinet1 · 9th August 2012, 04:18

Hi,

I "discovered" this gasket for a while ago and started a thread on the other site to clear things up. You can find it here: http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=458695

This is the gasket for the N-series engine which also will fit the K-series. As I have read, it should be fitted together with the uprated oil rail and higher tensile bolts at a revised torque setting.

Anyone with experience with this gasket??

Lovel · 9th August 2012, 09:08

I was led to believe that the Nseries and Kseries head and block are manufactured using a different casting process and material compressive strength and/or heat treatment process.

Gravity casting for the Kseries and High pressure casting for the Nseries leading to a denser higher strength block overall. I would concerned about fitting the higher tensile bolts in the original lower compressive strength alloy, however less rotation is required of the bolts so perhaps same overall loading is applied

I wonder if the is a difference between the torquing process for the bolts between if this gasket is fitted on a fully blown MG Motor Nseries engine or a MGR Kseries engine?

sadmaninagarage · 25th February 2014, 17:30

XPart market a kit designed to retrofit this gasket into the K series. It includes higher tensile strength through bolts and a stiffer oil rail. I've fitted this kit to the K series in my Rover 45, found it worked well. See how it's done and the revised torque settings here http://awj99.wordpress.com/rover-k-s...t-replacement/

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sadmaninagarage Newbie Rover 75 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Worcs Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fitting the SAIC designed gasket to K engines XPart market a kit designed to retrofit this gasket into the K series. It includes higher tensile strength through bolts and a stiffer oil rail. I've fitted this kit to the K series in my Rover 45, found it worked well. See how it's done and the revised torque settings here http://awj99.wordpress.com/rover-k-s...t-replacement/

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beinet1 Posted a thing or two Rover 75 2.0 V6 Auto Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sandnes - Norway Posts: 1,560 Thanks: 64 Thanked 283 Times in 174 Posts	Hi, I "discovered" this gasket for a while ago and started a thread on the other site to clear things up. You can find it here: http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=458695 This is the gasket for the N-series engine which also will fit the K-series. As I have read, it should be fitted together with the uprated oil rail and higher tensile bolts at a revised torque setting. Anyone with experience with this gasket??

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Lovel I really should get out more....... P6B, L550, Imp, F56, Commando Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 2,886 Thanks: 352 Thanked 677 Times in 440 Posts	I was led to believe that the Nseries and Kseries head and block are manufactured using a different casting process and material compressive strength and/or heat treatment process. Gravity casting for the Kseries and High pressure casting for the Nseries leading to a denser higher strength block overall. I would concerned about fitting the higher tensile bolts in the original lower compressive strength alloy, however less rotation is required of the bolts so perhaps same overall loading is applied I wonder if the is a difference between the torquing process for the bolts between if this gasket is fitted on a fully blown MG Motor Nseries engine or a MGR Kseries engine?