Jason2
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 2,001
- Location
- Poitou Charentes-France
There is no VM engine bit so will have to post here !
Have been running a 1988 2.4 VM Range Rover for about 2 years now with water running down the outside of the block but otherwise fine with no other head gasket problems.
So I decided to change my head gasket which was a 1 notch (4 seperate ones ) for a 2 notch MLS and machined the 2 end spacers to go with !
All back together ran a treat for a week and then pressured the expansion vessel like a volcano with the cap off.
So I thought ! ermmm OK wrong gasket should have been a 1 notch. Took it all back in bits, changed back to 4 new seperate 1 notch gaskets all back together and it was the same pressuring the system and blowing water out of the expansion vessel !
All back in bit's again, the second time the gaskets were ****part and they do look **** ! Totaly blown !
I have sent the heads off to be pressure tested but visualy they look fine, not warped or damaged being the later reinforced jobbies ! There were traces of oil in the coolant which I thought must have been the head gasket but apparently this is not possible as the oil is pumped up to the tappets and falls back down to the sump with no pressure . More likely the oil cooler leaking into the radiator.
Any help much appreciated as I'm at a fecking wit's end !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have been running a 1988 2.4 VM Range Rover for about 2 years now with water running down the outside of the block but otherwise fine with no other head gasket problems.
So I decided to change my head gasket which was a 1 notch (4 seperate ones ) for a 2 notch MLS and machined the 2 end spacers to go with !
All back together ran a treat for a week and then pressured the expansion vessel like a volcano with the cap off.
So I thought ! ermmm OK wrong gasket should have been a 1 notch. Took it all back in bits, changed back to 4 new seperate 1 notch gaskets all back together and it was the same pressuring the system and blowing water out of the expansion vessel !
All back in bit's again, the second time the gaskets were ****part and they do look **** ! Totaly blown !
I have sent the heads off to be pressure tested but visualy they look fine, not warped or damaged being the later reinforced jobbies ! There were traces of oil in the coolant which I thought must have been the head gasket but apparently this is not possible as the oil is pumped up to the tappets and falls back down to the sump with no pressure . More likely the oil cooler leaking into the radiator.
Any help much appreciated as I'm at a fecking wit's end !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
