1998 Rover 200 Problems

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Rough Idle

Car Idle is very rough, gets worse as the engine warms up. Seems to run fine when driving,though it feels sluggish and down on power. On occasion at slow speeds 1st and 2nd gear if I accelerate hard the car will jolt. Replaced the crank ...

1998 Rover 200 220 Turbo Diesel
Posted: Nov 21, 2013
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Engine Hunting/Misfire at Idle

At idle the engine seems to be hunting for the correct RPM and jumps up and down on the rev counter, this was a minor problem that occured sometimes and now its all the time sometimes the engine cuts out. It is ok when you hit the accelerat...

1998 Rover 200 220 Turbo Diesel
Posted: Oct 28, 2013
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Cold starting problem

My 1998 Rover 220 diesel has become very difficult to start from cold. It has been getting progressively worse and is now so bad the battery is running flat before it starts. I can eventually get it started with jump leads but it is almos...

1998 Rover 200 220 diesel
Posted: Feb 23, 2013
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Loss of power

lossing power when trying to adccelerate.rev but no power.av just ad back box fitted.ad prob with ecu wen first got car,fitted new temp sensor and every thin was ok.could it be need av rest of exhaust checked.oil and coolant colour fine.

1998 Rover 200 1.1
Posted: Sep 6, 2011
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Leak through switch on Auto Transmission

My car has a CVT automatic transmission and on the kerbside of the gearbox, next to the driveshaft, there is a switch, through which the transmission fluid is leaking. There is no identification of this switch in my Haynes manual. Anybody e...

1998 Rover 200 216Gsi Automatic (CVT)
Posted: Aug 27, 2011
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Central locking not working

car will not lock nor open with flob. Can access car manually although when driving locks are continually clicking. Battery in flob is ok and cannot reset via the ignition.

1998 Rover 200 1.4
Posted: Apr 11, 2011
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Radiator water boilling, not circulating, overheating loosing water

on start up tempreture goes to normal then water in radiator starts to boil blew hole in hose, then blew holes in radiator. replaced radiator with a new one still overheats and looses water

1998 Rover 200 sli 1.6 auto
Posted: Jan 20, 2011
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Heating not working

my heating does not get warm. the blowers work, the vents are clear but no heat comes through!!!

1998 Rover 200 1.6i
Posted: Nov 16, 2010
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Engine stalls please help

please help my car hasnt been drove for 6 months so i had to recharge battery when i did turn it over it would sometimes start off battery an sometime not like the battery was going flat then i was driving it round for a good half an hour a...

1998 Rover 200
Posted: Oct 18, 2010
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Please help

the car has been left for bout 6 months and when i started it up for the 1st time the other day it drove fine for bout 20 minites then loss all power when accelerating while this happening the engine still runs fine i have to pull over when...

1998 Rover 200
Posted: Oct 10, 2010
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Please help

my car has been left for a few months and now when i go to drive it drives fine then bout 20 mins after driving loses power and then i will pull over put full revs on and it wont move please please help

1998 Rover 200
Posted: Oct 7, 2010
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Engine; overheating and losing power

it hasnt been drove for 3 months and then when it was being drove the other day it was fine for a bit then started to lose power when accelerating and started to over heat please help what could it be?

1998 Rover 200
Posted: Oct 7, 2010
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Lack of power

my rover 200 started chuggin then the oil light flickered on and off i put new oil in it and stuff to clean dirt from the petrol but it still happenswhite smoke comes from exchaust and engine

1998 Rover 200 1.4
Posted: Jul 15, 2010
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Expansion tank water boiling

I have recently noticed that the expansion tank water is boiling and coming out of the cap. I am today going to replace the cap. If this does not help what else could it be.

1998 Rover 200 rover 216se coupe
Posted: Apr 29, 2010
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Noise coming from the car

Hi can you help I have a strange noise that is coming from my car? When accelerating a noise appears from behind the dash it sounds like a pumping noise. The noise does not happen all of the time it is intermittent and just appears every ...

1998 Rover 200 1.4
Posted: Feb 2, 2010
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Engine Pinking

I have a problem with my rover 216. When the engine is under power there is excessive pinking, when not accelerating the engine sounds fine. My local garage says it has cleaned the crank sensor, but this has had no effect, it is almost as i...

1998 Rover 200 216 Auto
Posted: Dec 30, 2009
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Engine won't drop below 1500 revs when braking

WHEN I USE THE BRAKES ON MY AUTO THE REVS WON'T DROP BELOW 1500 REVS AND SO I HAVE TO USE A LOT OF BRAKING TO STOP IT.IF I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL THE REVS DROP TO 800.WHEN I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE IT'OK.IT PULLS AWAY SMOOTHLY, AND DRIVES WELL,UN...

1998 Rover 200 1.6 si auto
Posted: Nov 5, 2009
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Brakes

i have a braking problem in my rover 218 has had new pads and discs are ok brakes fine but at end of braking there is a rotating knocking noise i have been told it is something to do with the ABS sensor could this be right and if so where i...

1998 Rover 200 1.8 manual
Posted: Sep 25, 2009
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Speedo & Odometer Not Working

My Speedo and Odometer have packed in with no prior warning. When rattling the millions of wires though, they will occassionally work for a few seconds then pack in again. I can't really get behind the speedo, etc as it seems that the...

1998 Rover 200 216 Auto
Posted: Feb 22, 2009
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Loss of power

car starts fine but its keeps wanting to cut out,

1998 Rover 200 1.2
Posted: Nov 7, 2008
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