IamRobbie
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My guess would of been head gasket at the loss of coolant. Hopefully not a cracked block
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Llew Dolan
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Just an update gents. Got back from holiday and pulled the glow plugs out, turned the key and it was like Niagra falls. Absolutely ****ing water. So I drained it of all coolant and turned it over, once the water cleared it started no problem. So I set about pulling the cylinder head off. I found it very easy and logical. Didn't need to reference the manual much. Pulled everything apart, changed head gasket, transposed all gubbings over to new/ refurb cylinder head and refitted in around 6 hours. Once old head is sent away and pressure tested I will truly know what the culprit part was. But decided to change them both at the same time to save time stripping and rebuilding if the gasket wasn't at fault. She fired up straight away and is running sweet again now. Thats 2/3 months of ownership out of the way and I've changed a prob, a slave cylinder and now cylinder head and gasket. The experience is building fast. Thanks for everyone's input who helped with my questions initially, much appreciated
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Top job. Well done. 
IamRobbie
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another happy ending alls good
greyhair
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You will learn a hell of a lot with a land rover
And end up with an impressive array of tools after a few years!
zeaphod
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If you take the head off, clean it and pop a picky on here you should get some experienced opinions on the state of it (thinking of James mostly!)
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Lol. People have asked if we are a garage before!
mick the builder
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I apologize in advance if ive got you wrong but blindly changing a cylinder head without correctly torquing it down, and rechecking after a short while could end in disaster again. Fair play to you if you havent any experiance and have just got on with it. changing the HG would put a lot of people off.
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It wasn't me! I just meant we've got a lot of tools and equipment!
Llew Dolan
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Not sure if I explained something poorly, but I have torqued it correctly.
mick the builder
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my mistake.
