Head gasket

[brummie mark]

Hi All,

My recently purchased BRM has done according to MOT and Speedo 126,500. Is it remotely possible to have done that mileage without a head gasket being replaced at some point?

Being a rover i do doubt it myself after my experience with my previous rover.:angry: With no service history is there anything obvious i could see in the engine bay to indicate it has been replaced?

Brummie Mark

[Fast Alan]

Its done well at that milage,wonder if the engine number tallies with the log book,as could be a chance at some point its been changed,not really a way of telling if the HG has been done,previous failures can sometimes leave the expansion bottle looking a bit like it was inflated,extra clean head if done recently and was cleaned up after a skim,apart from that Iam not sure if you can spot the head saver shim between the head and block

[Puempel]

You can spot if a head saver shim has been used. If so a black tongue should be peeking out between block and head right underneath the exhaust manifold.

Cheers

[Big-G]

ive just done my head gasket. my first ever one and its running smooth atm. fingers crossed.
look the point is dont worry about it, you get the head gasket done when it goes so dont think about it and enjoy the ride :-)

[garythesnail]

. . . . . look the point is dont worry about it, you get the head gasket done when it goes so dont think about it and enjoy the ride :-)

Spoken like a Rover owner of many years . . . and how all Rover owners should be . . . . . :clap2:

Just 'keep an eye on the levels' every now and again.