There are a number of reasons for this, but varies between petrol and diesel. Diesels dont like the cold. The diesel engines in the 75 are BMW common rail engines.
yes
Chain
115 or 131 according to the type and year of production
Yes, i believe the rover 75CDT and CDTI diesel engine (called M47R) is the very same as the BMW E46 320 diesel engine (called M47). This BMW engine was also used in the BMW E39 520 diesel car This information is available on WIKIPEDIA. Regards Tommy
Rover 75 share the BMW 3 series platform and technique. Petrol engines are manufactured by MG Rover (except 4.6 V8 produce by Ford). The 2.0 l diesel, four cylinder inline, turbocharged engines, called CDT-116 PS and CDTI-131 PS, are BMW M47 common-rail diesel engine produced from 1998 to 2007 year. Same engine you can find in BMW 3 and 1 series.
It could be down to your Canshaft sensor, Which will start when cold and Hot but when you have run for a short time (3 or 4 minutes) Look on this site its very helpful :- http://forums.mg-rover.org/index.php cheers Carl
it does not have a timing belt, it is a chain drive which should be good for the life of the car
How do i time rover 75 v6 engine/
no there wont be
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in my opinion yes, i got my 75 rover a while back and it still works perfectly