loss of coolant

[jutty]

meer i have a problem with my car it keeps drinking a bit of water and smells heavyly of coolent when outside the car just hopeing its the rad as it looks a bit beat oil level is still same and runs good still fingers crossed its not the headgasket lol any sugestions guys?

[Adam]

Hmm, park on a dry space and leave it overnight, check for puddles, etc in the morning. Have a quick check around for any leaks.

Does the oil have any bubbles in it? Is there any mayonnaise looking stuff in the coolant/oil?

[boogie]

As Adam says just look out for drops of oil in the expansion tank and mayo on the lid, they are a sign of HGF.:sad:
Greetings from me and the wife :hi:

[brmatty]

a more technical test than looking for puddles in the morning would be to get the cooling system presure tested to check for leaks......:happy:

[Adam]

a more technical test than looking for puddles in the morning would be to get the cooling system presure tested to check for leaks......:happy:

Hehe, very true :whistle:

[jutty]

on the way to work this morning i had to pull over cause there was steam comeing out the bonnet tunred out the rad had blown up after reffiling with water and getting to my work which is a peugeot garage were i work i got the rad replaced and the technichan fired her up and it turned into a water fountain from the cylinder head lol so now i have to get the head skimmed and tested and replace gasket and bealts etc which is gona cost me all in all 500 quid lol not happy but was kinda funny also she just hit 50k lastnight and was told the all get problems around 50 k which i swear rover set them up for that pmsl jokeing hopefully she be up and running this week as so far this month ive spent over a grand on her :(

[Adam]

Make sure when you get her rebuilt put in the new landrover gasket and oil rail set, think rimmerbros.co.uk should be able to supply it.

[spankyban]

Make sure when you get her rebuilt put in the new landrover gasket and oil rail set, think rimmerbros.co.uk should be able to supply it.


As this gasket is thicker wont it increase compression?

Can you not use the race/Klinger gasket - Brown and gammons www.ukmgparts.com

Similar thickness but wont inc/decrease compression

[Adam]

You could use the race gasket, I've not had any experience with it though. The landrover one is ok, its been fitted to many k-series engines now with no noticeable loss in performance.

[boogie]

I had a triple lyer one put in mine and she runs fine. :wizard:

[jutty]

well shes up and running now after a long hard strugle to get the vvc setup as rover didnt know how it was done lol in the proses i had the head skimmed and ported and polished and along with my chip all i can say is my brm is more alive then ever before cant stop driveing it now lol downside is my bank balance is emtpy after getting all the work done to her but shes done now hops she last a bit longer as the head gasket that came of her from wot the technicans said looked around 6 months old along with the other gaskets also turned out the head bolts were lose and the head was warped so the guy that owned it beofre me must have had a bodge job

[Adam]

Glad she's all done now and up and running mate!

Ported and polished head, in the words of Borat "VERY NICE" :mml: