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: ******IMPORTANT********
: DON'T PUT BARR'S LEAKS, STOPLEAK, RAD WELD
: OR ANY OTHER COOLANT LEAK STOPPER NER IT.
:
: Don't change the head gasket (yet)
:
: The most likely source of the leak is the
: inlet manifold gasket, If ignored it will
: destroy your cylinder head gasket. It is a
: rubber gasket and shrinks over time. Rover
: introduced a modified "green"
: gasket (which your vehicle should already
: have) modified studs and a revised
: tightening procedure . This was however
: only a partial cure and the gaskets have a
: life of about 4 years and should be changed
: as a service item. It only takes about 30
: minutes to change he gasket however it may
: take much longer than this to bleed any
: trapped air out ther cooling system. The
: inlet manifold is unbolted the contiuous air
: bleeder fitting on belt end of the manifold
: should be cleaned out and alsdo the pipe
: fitting at the rear of the thermostat should
: be examind for leaks as the the
: "O" ring which seals it is known
: to cause slight leaks after a few years
: service.
: Read the Rover K16 workshop manual before
: doing this particularly Rovers revised
: coolant bleeding instruction for the K16
: engine.
:
: USE ONLY THE CORRECT COOLANT FOR YOUR
: VEHICLE -- two typeswere used by Rover
: Glycol based (black labled on colant tank
: filler) and OAT (Yellow lablel n coolant
: tank filler) THEY MUST NOT BE MIXED, and
: coolant type can only be changed after a
: full flush with an acid based cleaner.
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