at the machine shop they have ways of testing it for cracks and everything just ask them to run the test for you

 

i had the same thing happen to mine a few months ago. turned out it was the plate on the front of the throttle body. mite want to have someone take a look at it...and definatly get the pressure test done.

 

well. just got the head back from the machine shop. did a crack check, a volume check and checked for flatness. no cracks, but was warped bout 3 thousandth. so i had them mill it down. looks all purty now. so i gets to put it all back together and see. i know it was leaking from the head to block mounting surface. hopefully the warpness was it. thanks again for all your help.

 

hey jshooter, how much you charge for fixin that problem?

 

what are the torque settings for the the head and the intake manifold?

 

Did you check your heater core o rings? Should be two aluminum pipes running thru firewall to heater core o rings go bad and fills floor with anti freeze mostly on passenger side though unless heater core has gone bad completely. Or maybe just warped head. I have a 99 RR and just replaced my o rings problem gone. Good Luck

 

What? Rovers expensive to fix? naaaaah....

 

the shop that i work at usually charges 1700.00 and we have everything there... the torque settings i can get for you i dont have to access my comp it's at work and i am on vacation gimme a week