Discovery 2
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Three Wheeling
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Discovery 2
Hey Guys,Where do you get those scopes that you can let inside the cylinders walls,I really don’t think it over heated enough to do other than blown head gaskets,I was all to do with a faulty water pump and the thermostat was faulty so I was driving it whither gague said I was in the safe zone on the way home I had been about 2 to 3 miles when the steam came on of under the hood and I waited till the next day to start it and it fired right up then it died like it was out of gas ran maybe a total of 3 minutes wasn’t out of gas.Checked dipstick and there was a milky look to the oil so I drained it and put new oil in,I was reading that if it over heated to a certain point then your oil pump might be shut or locked wich can starve a motor of out how do you check for this?I know it’s going to fire up I just need a new battery and plugs but I would like to check the cylinders and see if any coolant is present.Just hate to change gaskets on top end and find one it’s the block but I heard it’s really rare.Any opinions?
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Winching
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Hey Guys,Where do you get those scopes that you can let inside the cylinders walls,I really don’t think it over heated enough to do other than blown head gaskets,I was all to do with a faulty water pump and the thermostat was faulty so I was driving it whither gague said I was in the safe zone on the way home I had been about 2 to 3 miles when the steam came on of under the hood and I waited till the next day to start it and it fired right up then it died like it was out of gas ran maybe a total of 3 minutes wasn’t out of gas.Checked dipstick and there was a milky look to the oil so I drained it and put new oil in,I was reading that if it over heated to a certain point then your oil pump might be shut or locked wich can starve a motor of out how do you check for this?I know it’s going to fire up I just need a new battery and plugs but I would like to check the cylinders and see if any coolant is present.Just hate to change gaskets on top end and find one it’s the block but I heard it’s really rare.Any opinions?
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1. What year discovery?
2. Bars leak is trash. Most of the time it doeant work and then you have to remove all that crap from every crevice when you find out you have to do it right.
3. If you keep finding a/f in your oil you've got much bigger problems. Heads could be warped, cracked block, whole bunch of issues.
4. Mileage?
2. Bars leak is trash. Most of the time it doeant work and then you have to remove all that crap from every crevice when you find out you have to do it right.
3. If you keep finding a/f in your oil you've got much bigger problems. Heads could be warped, cracked block, whole bunch of issues.
4. Mileage?
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Three Wheeling
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Discovery 2
Thanks guys,It’s a 2001 Discovery 2 130,000 original miles.My worries are yes I can change out the gaskets and buy a pair of remanufactures heads to go on it if need be.But How do you know if you’re block is Screwed ?
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Three Wheeling
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Discovery 2
Dear sirs,To pressure test a block?Requiers the machine shop correct?Or is there another way?I saw in a advertising that you could test through your radiator a different colored liquid would let you know if there was coolant in the combustion it’s like 40
bucks from altlantic British would This work?I just dont know if Iam going to have to pull block out I should just go ahead and buy a rebuild if that’s the case surly there’s away to test with out taking it to a M.Shop ?
bucks from altlantic British would This work?I just dont know if Iam going to have to pull block out I should just go ahead and buy a rebuild if that’s the case surly there’s away to test with out taking it to a M.Shop ?
Winching
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Dear sirs,To pressure test a block?Requiers the machine shop correct?Or is there another way?I saw in a advertising that you could test through your radiator a different colored liquid would let you know if there was coolant in the combustion it’s like 40
bucks from altlantic British would This work?I just dont know if Iam going to have to pull block out I should just go ahead and buy a rebuild if that’s the case surly there’s away to test with out taking it to a M.Shop ?
bucks from altlantic British would This work?I just dont know if Iam going to have to pull block out I should just go ahead and buy a rebuild if that’s the case surly there’s away to test with out taking it to a M.Shop ?
I replaced my heads because I noticed coolant loss/leaking, but I never overheated. So I just replaced the head gaskets and had the heads worked by a machine shop.