Primrose R75...... The End, for now...

[AMC Rebel]

Being new I wasn't here for the beginning, but have trawled through and am now up to date.

 

Wanted it but would only pay £500.

Bought it £400.

Spent upwards of £1,000, with the possibility of a further £1,000 needed.

.................Because it's Yellow.

It's worth around £500.

 

I rest my case.

 

Sounds like most of my cars (except for the redeeming feature)

[inconsistant]

Nice to hear from you and see pix of the old girl. The Versatile Forty needed an £800 mot last month, and that's supposed to be our cheap no bother car. £400 is a barg!

[carlo]

That colour on a 75 is absolutely adorable.  Doesn't quite work on a 406 Coupe mind.

[EssDeeWon]

Finally an update to share, the Rover broke down this afternoon.  I had just parked up in Great Wakering and some chap walking his dog had stopped to pay compliments to the car, "that looks lovely" were his words just as PPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! Coolant pissing out all over the road, lifted the bonnet and the main engine to rad hose was spraying coolant out all over the engine, fun!!

Called the RAC and after the initial fateful diagnostics of OMG HGF and 'its finished' it did turn out to be a split rad hose that pissed the coolant out, however it probably is overdue an OAT flush and change, seemed to be some sludge in there so that all needs attending to along with some new hoses and will be next week with a blank cheque.

So the first breakdown in my £400 Rover I purchased 4 years ago.

Its hasn't been raining, that is coolant all over the road.

Broken Rover 75 by steve wilson, on Flickr

[purplebargeken]

Ouch. Could have been worse mate. I have a roll of self-amalgamating hose repair tape in the car. You never know when a hose might let go. Obviously not much use in a major let go but could be handy one day. 

[RobT]

Liked to see you're still around Steve, not for the breakdown obviously.  Should be an easy enough fix though by the sound of it.

[Amishtat]

Not seen this thread before but just spent twenty minutes catching up with it. Never knew the reg but you've just reminded me of one I papped a few years ago in Billericay, can't remember exactly where otherwise I'd go back and see if it's still there.  (Just looked closer at the picture, no it's not yours) 

[Split_Pin]

Aye good to see you posting again chap. Hopefully the 75 will be sorted quickly, it's a lovely example.

[mrbenn]

Shit....

Still looks lovely even when broken.

[EssDeeWon]

Thanks chaps, yes nothing a day in the garage and a few hundred quid shouldn't sort out.  It appears to be a 60 odd quid hose with the bleed screw in. Plus loads of OAT and plenty of flushing and bleeding but i'll leave it to the experts.

Hi Amishtat, not seen that one in Billericay before, difficult to see the full reg but certainly isn't mine, looks like a W reg though!

[purplebargeken]

Is that the hose on the N/S of t he engine bay? 

[purplebargeken]

Nearish side that is. 

[EssDeeWon]

Yes Ken just to the right if you are standing over the engine, it has a small bleed screw on the top.

[purplebargeken]

IIRC it isn't too hard to get to.  Maybe DIY?

[EssDeeWon]

It looks a PITA to get to both ends where its held on plus I don't fancy flushing and bleeding one of these systems, I leave things like that to experts like British Legends who I hope will get the Rover on the road again very soon.

The RAC guy had a look, said this hose goes into the 'V' but couldn't see exactly where it ended.

[purplebargeken]

Fair enough

[Lacquer Peel]

Beautiful car.

[EssDeeWon]

This goes into British Legends tomorrow whilst i'm away in Spain.  There is definitely oil in the coolant so I suspect the NLA engine oil cooler needs blanking for now as these are prone to fail especially after 19 years, some have failed much sooner than that.  Needs the main engine to radiator hose replacing along with all new coolant and a thorough flush.  I am hoping that is all I come back to a bill for.

 

[BorniteIdentity]

Either way, there’ll always be someone (me) waiting to buy it off you so look at it as investment rather than expenditure! 

Happy Holidays, Steve. 

[Yoss]

On 5/19/2019 at 5:51 PM, purplebargeken said:

Ouch. Could have been worse mate. I have a roll of self-amalgamating hose repair tape in the car. You never know when a hose might let go. Obviously not much use in a major let go but could be handy one day. 

+1 on the self amalgamating tape but then I drive a Triumph. The hoses are are all simple and easy to get to.

[bigstraight6]

I’ve always liked Rover 75’s and only today saw a beautiful old English white type coloured example in my local Lidl car park in the charge of an elderly couple and the car was obviously well loved, but in the primrose colour these cars look utterly stunning to me.

[Skizzer]

Fingers crossed for a simple fix EssDee, it’s such a lovely car.

And great to have you back posting about it, you’ve been missed.

[EssDeeWon]

Hi Skiz, I have been browsing lately but not really had anything to post about, for the last few years the Rover has been very boring and reliable.  Thinking about stashing it away soon.

[Sealtainn]

What a fantastic colour, shame about the breakdown but hopefully not to expensive to sort out. I’d love a 75, I think the interior looks lovely with the leather seats


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[Lord Sterling]

On 5/19/2019 at 6:19 PM, Amishtat said:

Not seen this thread before but just spent twenty minutes catching up with it. Never knew the reg but you've just reminded me of one I papped a few years ago in Billericay, can't remember exactly where otherwise I'd go back and see if it's still there.  (Just looked closer at the picture, no it's not yours) 

W734YNO a 2.5 KV6 75. On SORN seemingly since 2008.

Good to see you here again Skizzer. Hope the lovely 75 gets sorted.

[EssDeeWon]

 

[purplebargeken]

If I were to have another 75, it would have to be white with a red interior.  Just saying lol.

[Split_Pin]

13 hours ago, EssDeeWon said:

 

What was the diagnosis? Hopefully nothing serious.

[EssDeeWon]

Rover is fixed, for now anyway. I am still in Spain but spoke to the garage today who have replaced that main engine to rad hose, flushed the system, refilled and bled with new coolant. They have been running it up and monitoring it over the last two days and it’s behaving itself, no sign of oil in the coolant at this stage so they haven’t replaced the oil cooler because they obviously don’t want to carry out hundreds of pounds of unnecessary work. Will use it and monitor over the coming weeks and months and will check both oil and water levels. Can’t say fairer than that!  

 

[Angrydicky]

Certainly sounds like a decent garage! Glad to hear youll be motoring again soon