Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club - 216 Head gasket head ache. New gasket doesn't fit

masrover · Post by **masrover** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:28 pm

Hi,

Newbie.

My mum's 216 GSI has blown its head gasket.

I have tried to fit a new one, but it doesn't fit!

On the back row, the holes for the dowels don't line up with holes on the block or the head - the result is that the dowels won't go through.

Have I bought the wrong one? I thought maybe I'd been sold one for a 214 in error.

The car is a 1991, 216 GSI on a "H" plate if that helps

JeTBoy · Post by **JeTBoy** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:34 pm

Maybe you're sold a gasket for a Rover K-Series engine when your car has, in fact, the Honda D-Series engine, which uses a completely different gasket.

masrover · Post by **masrover** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:40 pm

Hi Jet,

I had thought that. I did ask specifically ask for the Honda engine one!

Are they're any other tell tale differences between the two?

masrover · Post by **masrover** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:10 pm

I can really be stupid sometimes! I had it on upside down!!

JeTBoy · Post by **JeTBoy** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:30 pm

*laughs*.

Problem solved, then.