Rover Sports Register Forum

On my P3 I found quite some casting sand collected at the base of the cylinder waterways - not the hottest part of the engine - once the side covers were removed.
I dug this out with a knife blade IIRC.

The P3 by-pass filter continuously filters part of the oil stream - but to a finer particle size. - Whereas a full flow filter tends to filter to larger particle size: and later shell bearings don't have the ability to 'absorb' circulating hard pieces of swarf like white metal... The issue with mode...

How's it doing presently?

What happened to the Rover 60: 1954 is my favourite model year!?

It may have been registered later - but isn't the something like 1936?

Often the P3 overheating /cooling issue is due to the alloy elbow return at the bottom corner becoming corroded and furred up. - this might be reducing the return flow ... and reducing flow through the radiator matrix. Meanwhile if there's a problem, being a non-pressurised system a little boiling o...

Another great post from the redoubtable Mr Moss...

Sadly - no.

And the P4 wasn't even the original 75....

Hmm... interesting. Indeed chassis looks very do-able: and the wood - well what can you expect? Thinks: Morris Travellers... Neville Faulkener (RIP) resoter teh Blue Train 2-litre - he lived near me in Bedford. The fabric / wood body was probably cheaper than steel pressings - and probably eastier t...

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