ERA Turbo Forum

Hi, I've seen the same valve on a Rover 220. It was part of the emissions control (charcoal canister I think). I'm sure Rover would have used it on other cars too.

Lucky you! I won't ask how much it cost! Are the factory dashboards made of plastic or are they steel?

Another nice find!

Wow you found quite a cache of spare parts. I couldn't tell which hole you blocked off, was it the part throttle lean-off tube on the top of the carb? I have seen those anti-run on valves used on other rover cars, I think they were part of the emissions system as my friends rover 220 turbo had one c...

Ouch! I bet that gave you a fright. I guess it was lucky it hit something that you can replace and lucky you didn't get a goose in the face.

My era is hibernating in the shed so I can't comment on it's oil consumption as I haven't driven it much, but I don't remember my other mini using that much oil although 1 liter per 1500 miles doesn't sound that bad. As long as there isn't much visible smoke (a bit on startup maybe from oil sitting ...

Looks great

Wow that's cheap shipping to HK, I thought it would have been a lot more.

Wow they look great.

Oops, but then a brand new set of seats would be nice. How much was the shipping to your part of the world?