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if i drop water from system it starts with a flick of the key but if i top water up it struggles to start
disco 2 td5 losing water aqua lock when trying to start
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When it runs are your water hoses rock hard if you try to squeeze them?
When it's cold!!!!!!!!!!!, remove the expansion tank top and have a good sniff in the tank. Can you smell diesel?
Do you see any white smoke from the exhaust pipe?
Does the temperature guage rise into the red, or sit near to it?
Does your heater only blow out cold air when you have it set to warm and the engine is up to temp?
Does the cooling fan run after you've stopped the engine?
If you are getting water into the cylinders it sounds like you have a head gasket problem.
Any garage can confirm this by clamping a widget onto the expansion tank which then sniffs for combustion gasses in the coolant.
When it's cold!!!!!!!!!!!, remove the expansion tank top and have a good sniff in the tank. Can you smell diesel?
Do you see any white smoke from the exhaust pipe?
Does the temperature guage rise into the red, or sit near to it?
Does your heater only blow out cold air when you have it set to warm and the engine is up to temp?
Does the cooling fan run after you've stopped the engine?
If you are getting water into the cylinders it sounds like you have a head gasket problem.
Any garage can confirm this by clamping a widget onto the expansion tank which then sniffs for combustion gasses in the coolant.
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mrstavross
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you got it in one thank you only give £278 for it 88k on clock a 1 owner disco sad really on ebay it goes then thanks my friend
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Must be a lot else wrong with it if you can't be bovvad to change a head gasket!
At that price I'd do it without thinking twice! Provided the chassis wasn't a rust bucket.
At that price I'd do it without thinking twice! Provided the chassis wasn't a rust bucket.
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I'm often balled at for buying tools i never use, or buying a second copy or even third copy of a tool i already have, but i don't think i'd want one of those. It would only confirm i'm gonna get a BIG bill!Or you can buy your own widget, they isn't expensive even tightass me has one!
I'd rather go and visit my cousin at his garage and have him confirm that sort of thing for me. And then pretend the pi$$ taking is really sympathy...
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Other than the head gasket, what else is wrong with it?
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Wifey is only too pleased I buy tools! she can see it is a heck of a lot cheaper than paying garage bills.She and the rest of the family expect to buy me tools for Xmas and burfdays!
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2 front window regulators a good under shulz havent long passed mot
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Well, if it was me I'd be keeping it and doing the head gasket.
Then i'd do the chassis treatment, then the windows.
But then I have done all these jobs before, several times!
All depends on your level of skill/experience/health.
Mind you, at the price you paid for it, even with a dodgy head gasket you ought to make a profit.
One owner? 88k?
Pffft!
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Then i'd seriously be looking at getting the head gasket fixed.
Mine went over Christmas last year. I supplied all the new parts and for the actual work and getting the head pressure tested i was charged £450. Head skim was £100.
The total bill for parts and labour was £756.56
I don't recommend using any Britpart parts!
£32 of the parts was for a new water pump. It ruled out a possible cause of the gasket going in the first place plus it's a lot easier to change with the head off.
Here's the breakdown of what it cost:
£ 20.49 09/01/2021 5L 'OAT' antifreeze concentrated euro car parts
£ 32.95 05/01/2021 waterpump/bolts/gaskets ebay - transglobal-trading
£ 3.99 14/02/2021 steel head locating dowels ebay - bolt on bits
£ 30.00 14/02/2021 Set of 12 TD5 stretch head bolts ebay - archi_peg
£ 29.99 16/02/2021 rocker cover gasket with injector loom ebay - uklandroverspares
£ 19.99 17/02/2021 Genuine LR TD5 engine manual ebay - classicandheritage
£ 26.00 31/03/2021 Premium service kit, NO Britpart parts MM 4X4
£ 4.35 31/03/2021 exhaust manifold gasket MM 4X4
£ 3.00 31/01/2021 inlet manifold gasket MM 4X4
£ 36.00 31/01/2021 head gasket MM 4X4
£ 100.00 22/04/2021 head skim
£ 450.00 22/04/2021 labour 4W Motors
£ 756.76
Head gasket replaced at 186,639 miles
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Here's how to do it:
AND the regulators are on ebay for less than £30 a side. Motors about a tenner more.
GO FOR IT!!!
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Here's how to do it:
AND the regulators are on ebay for less than £30 a side. Motors about a tenner more.
GO FOR IT!!!
Can't believe he bought it at that mileage, one owner for that price. Even with a blown gasket!
Strange times!
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Yeah. The only time i hear about such things is when someone tells of so and so just 'bought a bargain' or i read about it happening in forums
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Or maybe he missed a nought off.Yeah. The only time i hear about such things is when someone tells of so and so just 'bought a bargain' or i read about it happening in forums
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