RRC overheating: head design problem?

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Author Message   Jaco de Klerk (Biltongvreter) New Member Username: Biltongvreter Post Number: 20 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 02:08 pm:    Read on www.landroverclub.net/Club/HTML/Overheating.htm about supposed design problem with heads, that can lead to overheating (see below). Read elsewhere of a guy that torques this 3rd row of bolts to 50% of recommended torque. Anybody here removed the 3rd row of bolts? Jaco "6. The cylinder head gasket. Hey, that's my favorite one. The Rover engine has a special design fault in his heads. The heads are held on by 14 bolts. The problem lies in the bolts 11-14. When they get tightened they put an load on the upper bolts, raising the heads by a slight amount..." etc.   A. Ali (Alia176) Member Username: Alia176 Post Number: 78 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 08:10 am:    Yes, the 3rd row of bolts was eliminated with the new head gasket. So, I guess it stands to reason that you can remove them or at least back up on the torque.   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1841 Registered: 02-2002 Posted on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 10:24 am:    All heads cast after June 15, 1995 do not even have the holes for the lower row of bolts.   Ivan C. (Stuff) New Member Username: Stuff Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 04:34 am:    Is this on the 3.9 or the 4.2 engines? or are the heads on both one and teh same and I'm showing my newbiness by asking this?   A. Ali (Alia176) Member Username: Alia176 Post Number: 81 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 08:27 am:    Same. It's better to ask then to assume!   Jaco de Klerk (Biltongvreter) New Member Username: Biltongvreter Post Number: 21 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 02:11 pm:    I guess I could have added: mine's a 3.5L, 1972. Maybe its relevant :-/