We replaced our Rover 600 with a 2 litre V6 75 almost 3 months ago - and until today I'd loved it - OK it had its' foibles: The usual rattly plenum chamber nonsense, combined with a knackered thermostat.
Over the last month, I've amassed the required parts, and this morning I bit the proverbial bullet. To begin with, all went well: the plenum chamber was off in well under an hour, but after that, things just got more and more difficult.
At the moment, I'm reduced to two rhetorical questions:
Firstly, IMHO, the person who designed (I used the term in its' loosest possible sense) ought to be put up against a wall to face a firing squad ! How the hell can any engineer worth his / her salt even contemplate designing a cooling system where replacement of the thermostat requires removal of parts almost to the point where you can begin removing one of the cylinder heads ?... I'm a civil engineer, and if I'd put so little thought into any design of mine, I'd be out of a job.
Secondly, how the hell can any engineer worth his / her salt even contemplate designing an ancillary belt that requires removal of an engine mount to facilitate belt replacement ?... :cus::***:
I'm beginning to wonder if my love of the Rover 75 V6 is to be a mere flash in the pan !
Over the last month, I've amassed the required parts, and this morning I bit the proverbial bullet. To begin with, all went well: the plenum chamber was off in well under an hour, but after that, things just got more and more difficult.
At the moment, I'm reduced to two rhetorical questions:
Firstly, IMHO, the person who designed (I used the term in its' loosest possible sense) ought to be put up against a wall to face a firing squad ! How the hell can any engineer worth his / her salt even contemplate designing a cooling system where replacement of the thermostat requires removal of parts almost to the point where you can begin removing one of the cylinder heads ?... I'm a civil engineer, and if I'd put so little thought into any design of mine, I'd be out of a job.
Secondly, how the hell can any engineer worth his / her salt even contemplate designing an ancillary belt that requires removal of an engine mount to facilitate belt replacement ?... :cus::***:
I'm beginning to wonder if my love of the Rover 75 V6 is to be a mere flash in the pan !