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by don_kim
Sun Mar 09, 2025 7:14 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: The Age Old Immobiliser Topic - 2003 Rover 45 2.0 L Series
Replies: 15
Views: 7287

Re: The Age Old Immobiliser Topic - 2003 Rover 45 2.0 L Series

Just a thought - Englishman Herbert Arkroyd Stuart had a compression oil engine (no sparks) engine running 6 years before Diesel..................
by don_kim
Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: Honda engine oil in plug holes
Replies: 5
Views: 2099

Re: Honda engine oil in plug holes

Hello. last possibility could be the pcv valve. Any one know where it is and a part number?
by don_kim
Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:02 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: Honda engine oil in plug holes
Replies: 5
Views: 2099

Honda engine oil in plug holes

Hello. Please can anyone help? I've oil collecting in spark plug holes - about half an inch every 500 miles. Not all fill up equally. I renewed the rocker pillar o rings at their bases and also the seals in the rocker cover to no effect. Could it be the PCV value and if so where is it and does anyon...
by don_kim
Mon Jul 03, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: Honda Engine 216 Oil In Plug wells
Replies: 18
Views: 7947

Re: Honda Engine 216 Oil In Plug wells

Hello. I've checked out the links but the engine top cover gasket sets appear to have the four seals that fit the top of the plug holes - ie underneath the cover. They do not seem to be "o" rings or have I got this wrong. I'm after the o rings that fit underneath the rocker shaft mounting ...
by don_kim
Tue Jun 27, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: Honda Engine 216 Oil In Plug wells
Replies: 18
Views: 7947

Re: Honda Engine 216 Oil In Plug wells

Thank you Colonel - I didn't find when searched but I am 70 and grapple with computers!
by don_kim
Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:56 am
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: Honda Engine 216 Oil In Plug wells
Replies: 18
Views: 7947

Honda Engine 216 Oil In Plug wells

Hello - My wife's 216 (15300 miles on the clock)! developed a misfire which turned out to be oil in the no 2 plug well which had pushed the plug lead out. The others had oil in as well but not so much. Surprised it ran with everything under oil. I've met this on my K series Rover 75 which has a spec...
by don_kim
Thu May 11, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: 1993 216 plenum drains
Replies: 6
Views: 2311

Re: 1993 216 plenum drains

Thanks for the advice.
by don_kim
Wed May 10, 2023 9:19 am
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: 1993 216 plenum drains
Replies: 6
Views: 2311

Re: 1993 216 plenum drains

Hello Again,

Seems to be the windscreen after all. Daft question - can I re bond / seal or does the glass have to come out?
by don_kim
Tue May 09, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: 1993 216 plenum drains
Replies: 6
Views: 2311

Re: 1993 216 plenum drains

Thank you for your replies. I'll check the drain holes first just in case and then move on to the bonding.
by don_kim
Mon May 08, 2023 8:06 pm
Forum: Technical and Diagnosis
Topic: 1993 216 plenum drains
Replies: 6
Views: 2311

1993 216 plenum drains

Hello - can anyone advise where the plenum (bulkhead - where the wiper motor lives) drains are and how the grills come off? I've got water leaking into the footwell during heavy rain which appears out of the heater. Thanks