Valves are fine, they will have shut as soon as the cam broke (all 4 push rods were loose, the tappets dropped into area where the cam should be and were just sitting there) 3 of the 4 pushrods appear straight when rolled across a surface, as I took them out, One tappet dropped straight into...

I have an OMVL Dream XXIn system which I have used for years, it's been on a lot of cars now probably done about 500K + with it. My D2 has the Zavoli rebadged version of the same system (I believe it's rebadged AEB) which has not given any trouble, although 2 years ago I did replace all the...

Hi, put the engine back together after changing the head gaskets, something I have done before on a few other V8s in the past with no problems, however this time, it started, ran then a loud crack and was not running happily at all, and a lot of oil leaking out the bell housing so shut it down...

Having had issues with one of these, and seen the insane prices for even a non memory versions some seem to think they are worth I am embarking on a rasberry pi project to re-instate the seat ECU to my RRC, I may even make a few once I have it working

100% certain it does, but the bolt heads seem to be 1/2"

Hi I have just been replacing the head gaskets and valve seals on my V8 (It had done 189K miles) I now have the valley gasket back on however there's a lot of injection loom in the way and I have damaged the valley gasket due to this, Can it be moved out of the way? there's a wire on the...

Where did this 'information' come from? the 215 owes nothing to any BMW engine (apart form being a 4 stroke!) It's very like every other American engine (material aside) an incredibly well production engineered engine. If it had been german it would have had handed heads and be hideously over...

All done now, thanks to Neilly. The R75 fob seem to work far better than the original D2 fob!

This gets very irritating now!.. The fob appears to work fine for my partner she walks out puts the key in and it works, it even locks/unlocks on the fob.. with me I have to use the EKA.. I guess above all its a rover.. however discounting magic curses or similar, how can this be? And no she...

Yes, the light starts blinking on the dash at about 30s, it wont start with the plain key(no fob) I have but did with the D2 key. Are you sure D2 keys have the chip? I always believed it looked for the fob itself

My D2 never had the passive immobiliser chip! I have a few 75 fobs

Well the EKA worked, and now the key fob appears to be working.. not sure what had cause all the fun, apart from the normal sunroof issue. The car had been parked up unused since June, and in that time developed a leak in the front sunroof and the battery went flat. However I may still need some...

I will let you know when I have tried later, I got a lift into work today.. but I am in Oxfordshire (the car is near Bicester, but I live in Wantage) If the EKA works then its location can be changed!

Do you have a nanocom or T4? as the fob has failed the root of this is the standard sunroof issue, it leaked, the fob failed but the car would still start, then it would not! the Sunroof has hopefully been fixed. The softfdash is next up (HG failure) but I am a bit fed up with the D2 now, its...

But not all have valid MOT/Tax.. only 2 do at this time, the disco and the CLK which is parked in the garage However I found a better dealer who did it over the phone. Now I need to try and find out how to re-sync the key fob.. I am sure the EKA is used for this as well, the key itself seems...

My D2 is not responding to the key, it decided to do this just after passing the MOT and being insured, and while parked outside my garage with my only useable car parked inside.. The EKA has not been entered into the security information that should be with the handbook. I have tried the...

I have finally after many years acquired a soft dash 3.9 SE with the dreaded air suspension.. and unsurprisingly it's not behaving as intended.. or I don't think it is, it could be operator error! When starting the air suspension dash light comes on, flashes a few times then stays on, the...

Well it seems to have gone! I did the SVS fix (on the grounds it was a good idea regardless) reset the codes and the three amigos have gone. So that would appear to be the cause and others have had the same issue with the Autocom+

When I first looked the front of the valve block was dry, and the front pipes themselves are totally dry! Hence I think it's the rear pipes that are leaking

I now have my V8 working properly but the next discovery on the discovery is I now know why someone fitted a non ACE fan belt.. Having taken the car for a quick spin I noticed Big surprise the ACE system has a leak, but not from the rusty looking front set of pipes but from the...