Qucik question to all the rover fans out there just bought a land rover 2002 discovery 2 se. i am curuios as i never owend a rover before what are some issues and common problems with these trucks? anyone? its a 4.0l, i bought it and was told it needs a head gasket.. but i cranked the truck over it cracks but should fire but it doesnt and doesnt budge either. anyways i am going to try to tackel tacking the heads off and see what up based on help from the other forumn posts. however if anyone can give me some heads up on common problems with these vehicles i would really appreciate it.

 

sorry for my bad spelling i am working on a sticky keyboard...

 

Crank shaft position sensor is a common failure it will keep the truck from starting.

 

DRIVE SHAFT (front)
Thermostat
Water pump
Radiator
Upper radiator hose
Oil sump
Throttle body heater plate
Mass air flow sensor
Abs system
traction control
Hill decent
Three amigos
Wheel sensors
Heater core
Warped heads
Warped block
Fuel pump
Head gaskets
Oil separator
Alarm system
Sun roofs


And the list goes on & on & on dude it all depends on how the truck was cared for from day 1.

 

the truck has got rougly 70k miles on it, and its spotless looks well taken care of. there was no coolent in oil or visa versa, it did seem low on it and it did overheat. does anyone know if aluminium blocks or cast?

 

Dude go on the admins page and download the "rave" i suggest you spend some quality time with it.
If you plan to work on this truck you need to edgumakate yourself about it and know how it is built. Head gaskets are not rocket science but that is not something the normal person should just jump in to. You can screw things up worse or leave a wrench in the valley "SORRY HAD TO SAY IT" or not clean everything up right. Take your heads to the wrong machine shop to be milled. Not know how to tell if the block is warped, say it is and you rebuild the top half and then your problem is still there. BIG BUMMER. Don't. Take this the wrong way but your posts make you sound very un-knowledgeable about this big job.

 

do a search for head gaskets,in the seach block above. Im sure there has to be 50 of them. read thru them there is a lot of good imformation in them. then get back with any questions your not sure of

 

i have never really used forumns i looked and did some research but no help. the issue im having is there is oil in the block, now the truck does not smoke or nothing!! just purrs when it runs.. it wont overheat either unless it gets low on coolant. did a compression test and i got 130psi in all 8 cylinders. normally with a headgasket it should have some sort of hesitation in the motor but nothing it runs as if it was new, no lights or nothing. anyone ever encounter this such an irritating issue?

 

OK so you have compression...

What about spark and fuel?

 

yea i got spark and fuel, like i said it runs like a new car but its just mixing the coolant in the oil, it quite frusting.