nathan5346
Well-Known Member
I take it u aint sussed out who ice is yet then?
if you are mechanically minded i would be buying a cheaper one that needs work done to it.£5000 for 2000 model sounds a lot,you can probably buy one for half that with a few minor faults.most things that fail dont cost that much to repair if you look around for the parts.even if you have to buy new, at least you know whats been done to it .not just botched up to sell on.but thats just my opinion
Search for your balls, have they not dropped yet???
Search for your balls, have they not dropped yet???
A Nazi collaborator telling me what's what.........Jeez what next!
Go and buy a messerschmitt...ahem..I mean an X5...
Wrong about this you brain damaged donkey shagger.
Oh..I live in denmark..ergo..i must be danish...tit.
I used to be mechanically minded and still do a bit but I am now 65 and have health problems that mean I can no longer do as much as I would like. Even checking out a purchase properly is a problem and I was hoping that buying from a dealer at a reasonably high price might help. I am thinking of buying a Bearmach Hawkeye to help check out any possible purchase, at least then I can avoid some of the potential pitfalls pointed out on here.
p38 is like having a heroin addict in the house when it goes wrong-liners on v8 an expensive issue-buy a diesel p38 if you must
To be fair I love my P38, they are reliable but need to be maintained routinely.
For me, if I was 65 I would choose something else.
I can pm you all the points on the P38 I maintain routinely.
I've done this for 198,000 miles and it still runs as it left the factory.
V8 liners...misconception...!
Poor maintenance is the cause....!
Do you know how to do basic maintenance?
Fud....!
Now I know your full of **** and a retarded gibbon![]()
Thought so...
Retarded Hylobatidae
Thought so...
Retarded Hylobatidae
I used to be mechanically minded and still do a bit but I am now 65 and have health problems that mean I can no longer do as much as I would like. Even checking out a purchase properly is a problem and I was hoping that buying from a dealer at a reasonably high price might help. I am thinking of buying a Bearmach Hawkeye to help check out any possible purchase, at least then I can avoid some of the potential pitfalls pointed out on here.
Tell me your theory on slipped liners on the Rover V8 then??
This should be fun...
**** design as the liners are fitted by heating block to fit and have no bottom retainer- exacerbated by 94mm block removing metal compared to 3.5 v8.
Poor tooling at rover-they paid to have coscast blocks made
poor cooling system design meaning that catastrophic coolant loss is possible even with vigilance.
Because head gasket failure is normally progressive over a period of time-when owner knows that there is an issue=too late.
Lets face it the buick / RV8 is a relic from the 1960's and has suffered in tvr's and rover vehicles-exactly why I'm binning mine for something with decent power
RPI has been feeding you horse ****.
You always here about the bad ones, the bad ones being not maintained.
As I said before regular oil and coolant changes then no problems from the trusty Rover V8...especially the later cross bolted big bore engines.
FYI.....The Rover V8 actually pre-dates Buick....