andyb Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I have been researching this for a customers Freelander with a K series engine which has just blowen a head gasket and I thought that other maybe interested. Here's the link http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runp...headgasket.html HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltwt1981 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Good article, Roger arker is very knowledgable on the K series, including tuning etc. The MGOC site is very good for information and also tech articles on K series engines. Spares are not that bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyb Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Further to this... ...it turns out that the engine in the customers Freelander had the steel dowels and LR bottom end 'ladder' but not the multi-layer head gasket (all mentioned in the article). The thermostat had stuck shut and caused the engine to boil up; this is probably what lead to the head gasket failure. The oil in the sump was like green treacel and has taken ages to clean out!! It seems rather poor that one over heating episode should cause a head gasket failure but there you go. Head is off for a slight skim (couple of thou) to ensure flatness and then it'll all go back together. Watch that water level and temperature gauge Hope this saves someone some hassle/money/heart ache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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