Guess what I'm doing this weekend .....

Hoodoo · Post by **Hoodoo** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:21 pm

What's that on?
Regards,

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:36 pm

If I told you that John it wouldn't be much of a quiz would it?

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:42 pm

I suppose I'll have to give you the Blue Smartie Simon.

Yes, the Rover V6.

Three timing belts
A huge aux belt.
Timing belt tensioner.
Timing belt idler.
Cam sprocket bolts.
Water pump.
Coolant.
Oil and filter. You have to drain both.

nitro_warrior · Post by **nitro_warrior** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:29 pm

There was a v6 rover 75 for sale on the edinburgh gumtree for £500 the other day. I was very tempted though probably too late by the time I saw it.

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:43 pm

Yes Simon. The actual timing belt bit is fairly straightforward, It's the taking everything off to get at them and then putting it all back that's the slow bit.

Donald. Absolute peach of an engine. Doesn't suffer from the K16 HGF. Goes like stink and the sound is wonderful. Galvanised body too so they don't rust. Good motor.

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:28 pm

Not necessary. But ......

Air box
Battery and battery box
Inlet chamber
Alternator
Compressor (move to one side)
PS Pump (move to one side)
Dipstick tube (drain oil first)
RH Engine mount (support engine)
Offside front wheel
Wheel arch liner
Crank pulley
Outer cover
Inner cover (3 bits)
Rear rear bank cam sprocket covers
Rear front bank cam sprocket covers
Drain coolant

Then ........ you can do the belts

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:53 pm

For anyone that's interested the next post shows what a complete pig doing the timing belts in a Rover 75 KV6 is.

I'm posting over in the 75 and ZT forum as well and it's just a copy of the post over there.

excossack · Post by **excossack** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:21 pm

Looks an easy job. !!!

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:43 pm

Two things John.

1. By the looks of the old belts they had been done not long before I got the car although the idler was completely fubared. I suspect it hadn't been changed - somebody taking a shortcut.

2. It had been done by a baboon with his torque wrench set to 1'000'000'000NM. I had to use a pry bar to get virtually every nut and bolt undone.

Apart from that it's straightforward but the amount of stuff you have to remove to get at the belts is nothing ordinary. Very, very time consuming.

Zelandeth · Post by **Zelandeth** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:45 pm

I cannot help but get the impression that ease of service access wasn't something the designers had in mind when they A: Designed the engine, and B: Shoe-horned it into that engine bay!

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:51 pm

Shoe-horned is right. Thank goodness you only have to do the belts every 6 yrs/90'000 miles.

It is a beautiful engine though. Variable intake gubbins, 8K redline, quad cam, 24V. 200 odd bhp with the map I have. My does it shift!

Zelandeth · Post by **Zelandeth** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:00 pm

Is this the same lump they used in the V6 800s? Remember we had one of them in at the garage a while back and I remember being utterly gobsmacked at what a lovely thing it was to drive. Sounded loooovely and didn't half shift.

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:07 pm

It's an evolution of the 800 V6.

excossack · Post by **excossack** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:27 pm

By the sounds of it, it would make a good engine for a kit car. I have been in a Westfield type one with a K series and that was quick!