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Originally Posted by Dragrad
Engine's dead again!!! 
Going to work this morning, she started fine, ran fine. Gently accelerating and overtaking, when all of a sudden the car liost power, looked in the rear view mirror and black smoke billowing behind, then the engine died.
I coasted to a layby, and trried to start the engine.... Horrible "dry" sound and seemingly no compression (engine turning over rapidly). Not even trying to start.
I'm on first name terms with the RAC man now!! 
Took the engine cover off, no sign of anything that should not be there, oil level ok (no sign of water - did not have a chance to check the state of the water as the RAC man arrived). No oil leaks apparent.
PCV and all filters and fluids done in the last 6 months or so, with low mileage and no towing.
NO warning lights or indicators, no EP, no nothing, just normal dash lights on turning the key.
The RAC man said "It sounds expensive" Unfortunately I think I agree.
I don't think its got anything do to with the electronice, sounds a mechanical problem.
Camshaft, turbo, ???? Any ideas? 
Car in local garage, feel more confident as there is no electrical work involved...
It would be nice to actually get one year of trouble-free motoring.... 
Signed...... |
My first 75 was a 51 reg CDT saloon in Gold - an ex demonstrator. I had more trouble with that car than any other car I had owned - and it was always the same problem. The fuel pressure sensor located in the end of the common rail would begin to pack up - and then fail completely. I was taken into Rover dealerships on the back of a low-loader more times than I would care to recount!
The problem was that the garages could never discover what was causing the problem. Initially, of course, they just replaced the pressure sensor (which is a simple diaphragm switch). After it had failed for the third time, however, they began to twig that it was not the sensor that was the problem but something else that was causing the sensor to fail. It seemed obvious to me - the sensor was failing because the common rail was being over-pressurised.
This problem continued until after the car was over three years old but, because it was an ongoing problem, they continued to deal with it under warranty - which was fine in one respect - but didn't remove the inconvenience of the regular breakdowns. The car once broke down completely in the middle of a roundabout - you can imagine the chaos *that* caused (my wife was fuming)!
In the end, I came to the end of my tether and decided that I would get rid of the car and never wanted to see a Rover 75 ever again. I made arrangements to go and view a nearly-new Volvo S60 but the day before the appointment the 75 broke down again! This time the garage claimed that it wasn't the sensor but rather the ECU (although the symptoms were identical!). They then dropped the bombshell that ECUs were on back-order and no-one knew when they would be coming in!
I was due to go on a caravanning holiday, towing the van down to Devon in a couple of weeks time - and just went ballistic. The dealership (James Edwards in Chester) contacted MG/Rover and they offered me a pre-registered CDTi Tourer - (my present car, a Conny SE auto in Firefrost Red) at a substantial discount. Initially I almost told them where to stick it, I was so ticked off with 75's - but when they brought the car around to show me I was won over - it looked superb!
The list price was, I believe, around £25k, and they offered it to me for £18k with a further £8k trade-in on my old heap (which they sent off to auction the moment it was running again!). That was in June 2004. I still have the Tourer and, apart from replacing the battery and alternator (and just recently the fan resistor), it has been totally reliable. No break-downs at all this time.
I'm now very glad that I swallowed my anger and decided to go for the Tourer because it has been a superb car- and I love it!
The Gold saloon that kept breaking down was DG51 JXN - so I hope none of you ended up with it!!