Hi all,
Wifey called today saying the rover was making a new sound. She made it home and I took a look, It’s shooting out air between the head and the block on the passengers side. It’s a 03’ with top hat, crawler cam, arp studs, and grey thermostat. Ultragauge was at 198 when she called 205 when she got home 100 miles later. Just bought this rover back in september so I didn’t do the rebuild. Before I tear into it does anyone have any ideas or theories about what happened?

 

Hope it's just an exhaust leak

 

Studs not tightened down correctly or came loose?

 

It tells you on the hood
LAND ROVER

sorry, good luck with it

 

205 is not over the top for temps particularly after a 100 miles. So not a a significant overheat issue.

Where is the air shooting out specifically the whole length or 1 spot.

 

That’s unusual after a top end job, usually caused by overheating and thermal expansion, yours could be related to improper torque during rebuild

 

Its shooting out air in a small spot close to cylinder 6. Compression test was all over the place: #2-180, #4-165, #6-110, #8-190, #1-190, #3-180, #5-170, #7-110. Took all the plugs out and fuel pump relay, cranked 5 times. Only made the air sound when testing #6. So I’m going to start taking her apart and see what’s up. Anyway to tell if these studs were put in right?

 

Mine did the same thing a while back.

 

Similar. I bought mine with a rebuild just 20k ago. They spent good money including liners. When I got it, unknown to me, it was running 220+ temps, burning oil, and below spec oil pressure. My Machine shop said looks like heads and block face were never milled. My point is you never know, could be bad machinist work or customer foregoes work that should be done. I feel your pain and frustration.

 

Ls swap. That's what I'm bout to do when my engine goes.