2003 Land Rover Discovery SE
#1
2003 Land Rover Discovery SE
Hi All: My car overheats after 10 minutes of driving. Have a new radiator, new thermostat and all hoses are good. Told by local European car dealership probably have a blown head gasket. I did notice a lot of smoke coming out of my tailpipe a year ago, but been running well since. Thinking of fixing the vehicle. Costly repair obviously. Anyone have experience with this ? And what did you do? Thanks for help! Ed
#2
Hi All: My car overheats after 10 minutes of driving. Have a new radiator, new thermostat and all hoses are good. Told by local European car dealership probably have a blown head gasket. I did notice a lot of smoke coming out of my tailpipe a year ago, but been running well since. Thinking of fixing the vehicle. Costly repair obviously. Anyone have experience with this ? And what did you do? Thanks for help! Ed
#3
Before you dive into heads though, is the car losing coolant ?
Have you tested for exhaust gas in the coolant ?
Does the cooling system retain pressure?
overheating could be because the system needs bled and the d2 is infamous for being more involved to bleed than earlier incarnations of the Rover v8
Have you tested for exhaust gas in the coolant ?
Does the cooling system retain pressure?
overheating could be because the system needs bled and the d2 is infamous for being more involved to bleed than earlier incarnations of the Rover v8
#4
Before you dive into heads though, is the car losing coolant ?
Have you tested for exhaust gas in the coolant ?
Does the cooling system retain pressure?
overheating could be because the system needs bled and the d2 is infamous for being more involved to bleed than earlier incarnations of the Rover v8
Have you tested for exhaust gas in the coolant ?
Does the cooling system retain pressure?
overheating could be because the system needs bled and the d2 is infamous for being more involved to bleed than earlier incarnations of the Rover v8
#5
Do you know the proper way to bleed one of these?
A simple test you can do, when the engine is stone cold in the morning, is to open the bleed screw... If coolant is right to the top of that hole you are properly bled. If not you can use a small funnel or whatever else to add fluid directly through the bleed hole until it flows out, then replace the screw. Drive and repeat the next morning. after a few days it should no longer need topping off. If it does, you are losing coolant somewhere.
A simple test you can do, when the engine is stone cold in the morning, is to open the bleed screw... If coolant is right to the top of that hole you are properly bled. If not you can use a small funnel or whatever else to add fluid directly through the bleed hole until it flows out, then replace the screw. Drive and repeat the next morning. after a few days it should no longer need topping off. If it does, you are losing coolant somewhere.
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