Rover Sports Register Forum

Hello Tony, I have a set nos 14 hp pistons witch are the same split skirt pistons as the one in your picture. Only the oil rings are opposite installed. So we can be sure that the oil rings have no top side . All guides and valves are new and the company who rebuild the engine has a good reputation....

The air breather is open and there is no smoke coming out. Engine has good compression. The more I think about the smoking problem the more I think that the headgasket is bad. This would explain the smoke but why are all sparkplugs covered with oil? The gasket i installed was just a thin cupper plat...

Hello, Some years ago I bought a Rover Speed 14 hp 1934 and the engine was running but was burning a little oil. So 2 years ago I decided to rebuild the engine. Al bearings renewed white metal ,new valves and guides,new cylindersleeves Because there was cooling water leaking on the pistons and I eve...