[G.Watts]

Thats a nice original car that doesn’t look it’s age your climate is much kinder to older cars than ours.

[dado_k]

Hi everybody!

I would have liked to give you some updates soon but
the application to register my "200" into the "historic cars register" has been unfortunately temporarily delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown restrictions measures.

For the same reason I haven't been turning my Rover on and driving it since the last March 8th.
"She" has never stood still for such a long time!
I hope that this period of inactivity does not damage in any way the engine. I'm especially concerned about the cylinder liner heights: could the engine inactivity be a cause for the lowering of the cylinder liners?

I hope that soon I'll be able to give you some good news. I can't wait for this bad and ugly period to end soon for all of us and to be able to "ride" again my Rover, as well!
For now, be safe my friends and a great hug to you from Italy!

[crepello]

I hope that this period of inactivity does not damage in any way the engine. I'm especially concerned about the cylinder liner heights: could the engine inactivity be a cause for the lowering of the cylinder liners?

The problem with dropped liners is generally understood to be a possibility after a head-gasket failure and subsequent overheating.
It also appears to be a consideration only in the later 'damp liner' engines where the support arrangement for the liners within the block was revised.
Without definitive factory explanation, my personal suspicion is that the liner dropping is a symptom of its seating in the block having become softened by excessive heat.

So, resting a car for a while should not bring on this problem. But it might be an idea to run the engine occasionally to circulate the fluids.

[RoverRevival]

Mine sleeps 3/4 of the year and every 3 months I run the engine to temp. Mainly to charge the battery but also helps things not becoming stagnated. Less than a month is nothing.

[mcdonaldbrothers]

Lovely clean car and good luck with classic status after all this isolation.
We are all home and wait to be able to go and meet friends and our mechanics as soon as we can.

Cheers Simon