Good work

 

Time to relax.

We spent the day at the shop getting the engine back today in hopes of starting the Rover. Well, it's alive again. We don't have any codes right now, and no oil pressure light either. It's still smoking, but I think that comes with the territory. The smoke is definitely nothing like what it was last weekend, and I think we might still be clearing that mess out of the engine. Hopefully after we drive it around tomorrow the smoke with start to go away.

We still have full intentions of bringing the Rover home tomorrow.

 

Glad you made some positive headway...hopefully...this trend continues.

Brian.

 

It's such a good feeling having it running again. It was smoking some, and had a knock when we first got it going. After driving it around for about 20 minutes the knocking went away, and so did the smoking.

 

Just read through the last few pages. Glad it was just injectors. I've had that problem before, myself. Hell, I think Charlie_V had to re-rebuild his rebuilt engine because of the same issue.

Also, as far as the octane booster is concerned, the stuff is fish oil. The research has been done, I've done the math myself. There's just not enough fluid there that even if it were a super high octane for it to make a significant difference in 25 gal of gas. It will leave a red residue on your spark plugs though.

That said, you shouldn't have any issues running out a single tank of 89.

 

The booster is already, and about halfway gone now. Once this tank is empty we'll be using at least 91 from here on.

 

After a couple weeks the engine is still running strong. No leaks, and no fluid level change.

Now I have a growing concern about the cooling system though. We drove out to the in-laws this past Saturday, and it was in the mid 80's. For the last couple weeks the Rover has been running at 199.4 on the highway, and about 204 at idle. When we pulled into their driveway which is at the end of a 1/2 mile gravel drive the engine was at 224 degree's.

On the drive home we watched the temps the entire way home via Ultra Gauge. Everything started off normal, and it was running at 199.4. On the highway it started to creep up to 201, 206, 210, 216, and finally at 220. Each time the temp went up the engine was under load, and would drop back down some after we let of the gas.

We have a brand new radiator, new t-stat (supposed soft spring), new hoses, and new sensors. We also added a winch, and put our roof rack back on. I had someone tell me when they added a winch to theirs the temp went up by 10 degree's. I'm not sure if this is the case on ours, but I still think that it's running a little hot. The entire time the temp gauge on the dash never moved from the center, but I know that's not a good way to judge it.

I'm wondering about the fan clutch assembly now since ours is still the original. I have our old soft spring t-stat that is about a year old that I can put back on.

Any ideas?

 

Looks like the t-stat is the correct one. Next thing to check is the viscus fan to see if it's working as it should. I may go ahead, and replace the original clutch with a servere duty clutch from Napa.

 

From experience I know that server rooms do stay pretty cold!

 

Thanks for the help.