Steve,
Cheers, both your thoughts are along the lines of the much longer e-mail I sent to another P6 owning mate of mine. I expect it only to be temporary. It`s not actually in my Rover, but in my wifes 4 yr old Peugeot 206, so I doubt it`s had the `Radweld` like treatment, most probably rust and flaky crud. Thanks for that.
Drew