nathan5346
Well-Known Member
I take it u aint sussed out who ice is yet then?
enery8
Active Member
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.
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
Ha ha.....whatever!
dove
Active Member
i woudnt buy from a dealer,they know how to hide all the faults,tart them up so they look good.a guy on here last week bought one from a dealer thinking it was best,cost him a fortune and its a twisted pile of ****e,he is trying to take garage to court over this,if you are unable to do checks yourself, best to get an inspection done on the vehicle yourself AA or someone like that before parting with the cash,you will probably find it will have a few faults.good luck
**** 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....
