Throttle appears to be sticky, but I am told that It's due to fair wear and tear on the carb. Difficult to make a smooth gear change.
The sun roof has developed a serious leak, which somehow runs under the lining and down by the door rubber and onto the floor pan.
The heater fan has started making all sorts of weird shrill noises when switched on - seems to play a tune of its own.
The CV joints are making that unwelcome knocking noise when cornering.
The car is old, but has been serviced regularly and is still a comfortable ride. The engine generally behaves itself, but occasionally won't start on a hot engine, that's harsh in a busy car wash!
Its good to find some other people who realise the power of these cars. True, they are hard to start at times on a hot engine (due to a problem in the distributor cap I think) but so what. They're otherwise dead reliable no matter how hard you drive them. But beware, best go for the 416 as it has the Honda engine, the 1.4 rover K series is OK if a little loud, but avoid the 2.0litre rover T16 engine, the gaskets go a lot.
Nice car the 416, and cheap too, I'd advise anyone to buy one!!
I had a 414sli model 91 h reg and had no end of trouble with it in three years of ownership at 70000 miles the head gasket gave up which I'm told is a common fault, radiator, thermostat, oil seal on gearbox, fuel pump snap three brand new drive shafts in 1 month, and then the gearbox died, my advice would be stay well clear of the k series 1.4 engine in any car.
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