Engine overheating after parking?
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Engine overheating after parking?
I has quite the problem on my hands. I was driving my 2003 D2 and I had no problems with it, hadn't driven it in about an hour before that point, drove it only about 5 minutes, not very far or very fast. Parked it, walked away for about a minute to go to the ATM, came back and it looked as though steam was coming out from underneath the hood. Immediately opened up the hood, one large billow of steam came out and I saw a liquid coming from underneath the engine. I don't know exactly what it was, but my best guess was coolant, however after about an hour I refilled the coolant (happened to have some on hand, which was lucky I suppose) and I saw no leakage. I have no real idea where it came from. I had it towed (by flatbed) to my dealership and hopefully tomorrow they can take a look at it. Hopefully its just a clogged hose or something.
Any thoughts?
PS. No recent Offroading or anything that may have damaged the underside, and the temperature was just about 80F.
Any thoughts?
PS. No recent Offroading or anything that may have damaged the underside, and the temperature was just about 80F.
#4
Oh sorry to hear about the issue and like Mike said.. the Stealership is gonna come down like a big *** hammer.. You really need to find a local indie guy.
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The hilarious part is that I took out 40 dollars from the ATM and all in all everything came out to 37 dollars, mostly just for the towing. Once I had it towed to the dealership, I filled out a sheet with all the stats of the car and what the problem was. They ended up taking it to their Land Rover service department and yesterday morning they took apart every hose and connection, they flushed the entire system, replaced the hoses and refilled the coolant. They said that some of the connections were loose, and that some of those hoses were very stiff and somewhat cracked.
I'm just thankful that my wife insisted I got the extended pre-owned warranty when I got the car.
And my normal guy is out of town for about 3 weeks.
#7
A bit of a quick update: I have driven the D2 about 120 miles since this little incident, there is a tiny bit of a lingering smell of coolant, I think its from the spray from the other day, but I still look over the engine before and after [a bit of a cooling] driving. The temp gauge hasn't gone more than a bit over halfway, so I am pretty confident that everything is all taken care of.....
Now to replace that pesky driveshaft....
Now to replace that pesky driveshaft....
#9
Take it back to the dealer and have them pressure test and check for a head gasket leak. Sounds like they are trying to limp you along until that warranty wears out because they do not want to replace the head gaskets....
Your right at 75k miles? That's a good range for a blown head gasket from what I have read on these forums.
Your right at 75k miles? That's a good range for a blown head gasket from what I have read on these forums.
Last edited by sloan74; 06-13-2011 at 12:17 PM.
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