St170Auckland Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Bit late to the party but was just reading through this and saw what happened to your car. I have an st170 which has done 250,000km and never misses a beat, truly a great engine and a great handling car. Unfortunately the car is at the age where everything that is rubber or plastic starts to go, currently doing a new RH engine mount which had to be shipped from the UK. Also thermostat housing has decided to crack so have a new one of those on the way having just replaced the o-ring in it a few months ago (was leaking). Other problems I’ve had in the last 4 years of owning it includes blower motor, window actuator, passenger door mechanism and my personal favorite of the gear linkage breaking on the motorway. Luckily It broke in between gears so I was able to roll along in neutral to about half way along the off ramp before having to push it and then towed home by my dad. If anyone knows how to stop the rocket cover gasket leaking, please leave tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 4 hours ago, St170Auckland said: Bit late to the party but was just reading through this and saw what happened to your car. I have an st170 which has done 250,000km and never misses a beat, truly a great engine and a great handling car. Unfortunately the car is at the age where everything that is rubber or plastic starts to go, currently doing a new RH engine mount which had to be shipped from the UK. Also thermostat housing has decided to crack so have a new one of those on the way having just replaced the o-ring in it a few months ago (was leaking). Other problems I’ve had in the last 4 years of owning it includes blower motor, window actuator, passenger door mechanism and my personal favorite of the gear linkage breaking on the motorway. Luckily It broke in between gears so I was able to roll along in neutral to about half way along the off ramp before having to push it and then towed home by my dad. If anyone knows how to stop the rocket cover gasket leaking, please leave tips. The rocket cover leak is common . New gasket , torqued to spec in spec sequence... mine didn't leak after that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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