Hi Jastutte,

I should have asked this earlier today but didn't think of it.. duh. How did you determine it was the front cover? Was that determined by a pressure test or something? Apparently they've run all the tests and are having difficulty determining what the issue is. I'm so frustrated I'm ready to park it and not even think about it at all. And that's sad.

Christina

 

If it actually gushed out then a pressure test should make it obvious if it is or is not the front cover.

 

Yeah, that is what I was thinking.. thanks. He said that they would do 3 tests but today he didn't mention pressure testing.. he talked a lot about the combustion test. I'll call him tomorrow and see if they did indeed do a pressure test and ask about the front cover.

I don't see this being head gaskets but what do I know. No white exhaust, no steam cleaned spark plugs, combustion test failed (faintly) after 20 minutes of running and big dumps of coolant.

No noise which I'm reading about a lot with slipped liners.
No overheating so how would the block crack?
Viscous clutch is running 24/7.. weird.
No misfires
yada yada yada.

This is sooo frustrating...
I'll stop venting.. thanks for listening. Just at my wit's end.

 

 

She wants her truck, and to obviously save as much as she can.
I agree the engines are junk.
That's why I suggested an LS swap in previous posts.

 

my shop did a pressure test that resulted in very obvious leaks. so, it was relatively easy to diagnose and fix.

 

This is easily done with the Autozone rental tool as well. The shop should be easily able to do this for an hour's labor.

 

 

https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...n-90395/page6/

 

So I stopped in at the shop on my way to work and asked if they had conducted a pressure test. When we spoke on the phone the first time to set this up they said that they would so I was surprised today when he said 'what kind of pressure test?' He didn't remember me either so that was interesting.. I said 'I spoke to you on the phone yesterday about my Rover' and he said 'I speak to a lot of people on the phone about their Rovers'.

ARGH... I have met him before too.

So anyway, I said 'you have my blue Land Rover out in the parking lot, we spoke yesterday about the strange symptoms and I'd like to discuss it'.

and this is what I said:
'from what I've been reading, there are 2 main areas where Rover owners are seeing coolant entering the oil. Headgaskets and the front cover. If you were to drop the oil pan and do a pressure test, if the front cover was the culprit, you'd see leaking into the pan.'

His ears perked up..
He seemed surprised.
The man sitting in the lobby waiting for his vehicle seemed amused.

'I like this idea', he said. 'It's out of the box'.

Thank you LRO and LRF for the tips and experience.

I went on... 'if you don't see coolant leaking out during the pressure test, let's rule out the front cover. Then maybe we could look into digging into the cylinders and go from there.'

He brought up an image of the gasket on his computer and agreed that 'yes, it could leak there'.

We did discuss the combustion test again and how they didn't see anything until after 20 minutes of running when the chemical test turned green. SO... my thoughts are:

1) I may have a small head gasket leak as combustion gases showed eventually
2) I may have both.. a small head gasket leak (as I've dealt with these before) and a major leak somewhere else (front cover, intake manifold gasket, etc.)
3) I could be screwed and it's a slipped liner or cracked block.

His Rover tech is off work for a few days so no one will be looking at it until next week at the earliest. At least I have a process of elimination direction and they are on the same page now. We shall see.

Thanks again,
Christina