diff --git a/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py b/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/pull_request.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ from rhodecode.model.db import PullReque
 from rhodecode.model.notification import NotificationModel
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_unicode
 
-from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.hgcompat import discovery, localrepo, scmutil
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.hgcompat import discovery, localrepo, scmutil, \
+    findcommonoutgoing
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -79,22 +80,30 @@ class PullRequestModel(BaseModel):
         #notification to reviewers
         notif = NotificationModel()
 
+        pr_url = h.url('pullrequest_show', repo_name=other_repo.repo_name,
+                       pull_request_id=new.pull_request_id,
+                       qualified=True,
+        )
         subject = safe_unicode(
             h.link_to(
               _('%(user)s wants you to review pull request #%(pr_id)s') % \
                 {'user': created_by_user.username,
                  'pr_id': new.pull_request_id},
-              h.url('pullrequest_show', repo_name=other_repo.repo_name,
-                    pull_request_id=new.pull_request_id,
-                    qualified=True,
-              )
+                pr_url
             )
         )
         body = description
+        kwargs = {
+            'pr_title': title,
+            'pr_user_created': h.person(created_by_user.email),
+            'pr_repo_url': h.url('summary_home', repo_name=other_repo.repo_name,
+                                 qualified=True,),
+            'pr_url': pr_url,
+            'pr_revisions': revisions
+        }
         notif.create(created_by=created_by_user, subject=subject, body=body,
                      recipients=reviewers,
-                     type_=Notification.TYPE_PULL_REQUEST,)
-
+                     type_=Notification.TYPE_PULL_REQUEST, email_kwargs=kwargs)
         return new
 
     def update_reviewers(self, pull_request, reviewers_ids):
@@ -156,7 +165,10 @@ class PullRequestModel(BaseModel):
         #case two independent repos
         common, incoming, rheads = discovery_data
         if org_repo != other_repo and incoming:
-            revs = org_repo._repo.changelog.findmissing(common, rheads)
+            obj = findcommonoutgoing(org_repo._repo,
+                        localrepo.locallegacypeer(other_repo._repo.local()),
+                        force=True)
+            revs = obj.missing
 
             for cs in reversed(map(binascii.hexlify, revs)):
                 changesets.append(org_repo.get_changeset(cs))
@@ -205,6 +217,7 @@ class PullRequestModel(BaseModel):
         log.debug('Doing discovery for %s@%s vs %s@%s' % (
                         org_repo, org_ref, other_repo, other_ref)
         )
+
         #log.debug('Filter heads are %s[%s]' % ('', org_ref[1]))
         org_peer = localrepo.locallegacypeer(_org_repo.local())
         tmp = discovery.findcommonincoming(
@@ -212,7 +225,7 @@ class PullRequestModel(BaseModel):
                   remote=org_peer,  # org_repo source for incoming
                   heads=[_other_repo[other_rev].node(),
                          _org_repo[org_rev].node()],
-                  force=False
+                  force=True
         )
         return tmp