I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
pete

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turtill@hotmail.com  decided to enlighten our sheltered 
souls with a rant as follows

> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
> pete


Weekly, do it at the same time as the head gasket.

HTH


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> In news:5hnne15b72u7j3k62epshn7s4lj2pusbus@4ax.com,
> turtill@hotmail.com  decided to enlighten our
> sheltered souls with a rant as follows
>> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
>> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
>> pete
> 
> Weekly, do it at the same time as the head gasket.
> 

Tut, Tut :-) Sarcasm aside, according to Autodata it's 60,000 or 5 years. 
Others may suggest you do it more often though - I don't really know if 
these are prone to belt failure or not
Unfortunately there is a cruel element of truth in what Pete said - it's 
not unknown for the HG to blow before belt gets replaced. Maintaining the 
cooling system with regular changes (at least bi-annual) is of paramount 
importance here.


Hope that's a bit more constructive ;-)

-- 
Stuart Sharp

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>I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
> pete


As others have said, 60K miles is official figure, but if you can do it 
yourself then I would do it more often (say every two years or 30K miles). 
Provided you keep a close eye on the cooling system there should be no need 
to worry unduly about the head gasket...

Darren

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> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
> pete


I love the rover 200 series & the K series engine, admitably they have
problems as said in earlier posts regarding the headgaskets, but its not
much of a problem doing them, ive lost count of the number ive done over the
years ( never the same one twice ) as long as you get the cylinder head
pressure checked and skimmed and a good quality head set and new head bolts
( I don't bother measuring them ) & new cylinder to block locating dowels,
there should never be a problem of having to do it twice !

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:51:54 -0500, Stu  wrote:


>"Pete M"  wrote in
>news:42ebe04a$0$18639$14726298@news.sunsite.dk: 
>
>> In news:5hnne15b72u7j3k62epshn7s4lj2pusbus@4ax.com,
>> turtill@hotmail.com  decided to enlighten our
>> sheltered souls with a rant as follows
>>> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
>>> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
>>> pete
>> 
>> Weekly, do it at the same time as the head gasket.
>> 
>Tut, Tut :-) Sarcasm aside, according to Autodata it's 60,000 or 5 years. 
>Others may suggest you do it more often though - I don't really know if 
>these are prone to belt failure or not
>Unfortunately there is a cruel element of truth in what Pete said - it's 
>not unknown for the HG to blow before belt gets replaced. Maintaining the 
>cooling system with regular changes (at least bi-annual) is of paramount 
>importance here.
>
>
>Hope that's a bit more constructive ;-)


Yes and thank you for that very constructive reply. I was concerned it
was more often than that.
pete

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:04:12 GMT, "Darren Jarvis" 
wrote:


>
> wrote in message 
>news:5hnne15b72u7j3k62epshn7s4lj2pusbus@4ax.com...
>>I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
>> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
>> pete
>
>As others have said, 60K miles is official figure, but if you can do it 
>yourself then I would do it more often (say every two years or 30K miles). 
>Provided you keep a close eye on the cooling system there should be no need 
>to worry unduly about the head gasket...


Thanks Darren. I had to buy it as stop gap and it was all I could find
quickly so now I am stuck with it and will make sure it is maintained
more often than recommended.
pete

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:31:12 +0100, "reg" 
wrote:


>
> wrote in message
>news:5hnne15b72u7j3k62epshn7s4lj2pusbus@4ax.com...
>> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
>> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
>> pete
>
>I love the rover 200 series & the K series engine, admitably they have
>problems as said in earlier posts regarding the headgaskets, but its not
>much of a problem doing them, ive lost count of the number ive done over the
>years ( never the same one twice ) as long as you get the cylinder head
>pressure checked and skimmed and a good quality head set and new head bolts
>( I don't bother measuring them ) & new cylinder to block locating dowels,
>there should never be a problem of having to do it twice !


I am hoping not to have it go wrong LOL.
pete

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> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
> pete



About as often as the HG.

Tim,,

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:31:12 +0100, "reg" 
wrote:


>
> wrote in message
>news:5hnne15b72u7j3k62epshn7s4lj2pusbus@4ax.com...
>> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
>> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
>> pete
>
>I love the rover 200 series & the K series engine, admitably they have
>problems as said in earlier posts regarding the headgaskets, but its not
>much of a problem doing them, ive lost count of the number ive done over the
>years ( never the same one twice ) as long as you get the cylinder head
>pressure checked and skimmed and a good quality head set and new head bolts
>( I don't bother measuring them ) & new cylinder to block locating dowels,
>there should never be a problem of having to do it twice !
>


Where are you for future reference ?   :-)

Andy

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> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:31:12 +0100, "reg" 
> wrote:
>
> >
> > wrote in message
> >news:5hnne15b72u7j3k62epshn7s4lj2pusbus@4ax.com...
> >> I have just bought a 1996 Rover 414i. How often should they cam belt
> >> be changed on it please?It is a twin cam 'K' series engine.
> >> pete
> >
> >I love the rover 200 series & the K series engine, admitably they have
> >problems as said in earlier posts regarding the headgaskets, but its not
> >much of a problem doing them, ive lost count of the number ive done over
the
> >years ( never the same one twice ) as long as you get the cylinder head
> >pressure checked and skimmed and a good quality head set and new head
bolts
> >( I don't bother measuring them ) & new cylinder to block locating
dowels,
> >there should never be a problem of having to do it twice !
> >
>
> Where are you for future reference ?   :-)
>
> Andy
>


lol, inside your puter  ;o)