2002 Land Rover discovery 2 overheating
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Prior to this, do you know the average temperature when driving? Any replacements recently? Any upgrades? Could be anything from what you mentioned. How long from cold engine until overheat? Were you driving or just idle? Do you have or noticed white smoke upon start up? Do you hear bubbling under front passenger side? Could be as easy as bleeding, thermostat not opening but could also be head gasket or cracked block
Last edited by LR03NJ; 12-07-2017 at 09:56 AM.
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Well I actually just bought the car so I have no prior knowledge of the car. I bought it cheap because it overheats and am planning on either fixing it or parting it out if it needs an engine. It will idle all day but within 10-15 minutes of driving around at low speeds it jumps to red but then cools down in like 5-10. So seemed odd that the temp could drop so quickly. Later this week I'm going to drain and check the quality of the coolant and then See how long the system will go without getting warm.
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I see you have no prior history with the LR. To check something with the cooling system you will be needing some tools and best yet is to get a bore scope to check you are getting coolant in any of the cylinders. You might observe that your reservoir if spewing out coolant meaning youre getting too much pressure in your cooling system. I dont know how you want to proceed if youll part out your truck. You can change thermostat as well to see if its not opening.
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Well I actually just bought the car so I have no prior knowledge of the car. I bought it cheap because it overheats and am planning on either fixing it or parting it out if it needs an engine. It will idle all day but within 10-15 minutes of driving around at low speeds it jumps to red but then cools down in like 5-10. So seemed odd that the temp could drop so quickly. Later this week I'm going to drain and check the quality of the coolant and then See how long the system will go without getting warm.
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