What did you do with your Range Rover today
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kds
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Driving with just one eye open then!Just like driving a tank.
J
Looking at the amount of snow, it's unlikely to be the UK.Who said which side the steering wheel was on
J
And I'm jealous of all that snow, I love snow......
Perfect weather for the Niva. (Sorry for swearing)
Looking at the amount of snow, it's unlikely to be the UK.Who said which side the steering wheel was on
J
And I'm jealous of all that snow, I love snow......
Perfect weather for the Niva. (Sorry for swearing)
RangeRoller dt
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Who said which sidethe steering wheel was onM was navigating from?
J
kds
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One would assume the correct side, on the right lol.Who said which side the steering wheel was on
J
Grrrrrr
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Let me see If I can explain myself thinking.
When you top it up/fill it you do so with no pressure in the system.
When you put the cap on you are not trapping any pressure
Now if you put the cap on with it warm/hot, cos you were running it and "burping" it then as it cools it will cause a small vacumn, so you would get a hiss posibbly when you next remove it "cold" not pressure
If you top up to the correct level you have an air space (lets say X).
Now when you run it up to correct temps because of the air space you have "X" it will allow the system to reach a pressure of (lets say Y).
Making sence sofar?
So at "Y" pressure you lose fluid somewhere, till you get to the lower level that yours sits at.
It will sit at that lower level because now "X" is +1.
Now when the expansion of the coolant occurs due to heat it has more air space to pressure so "Y" is -1.
So the pressure now is slightly less and not enough to overcome a leaking connection somewhere.
How was the Science lesson?.
J
So you're thinking head gasket?!
Actually no.
More like a hose/connection that lets water out at the higher pressure (when full to level) but wont leak at the lower pressure (when level is low).
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Cunning.. just like a land rover
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I did read somewhere about the idea of the coolant tank being split past way up, coolant drops to that level and no further. I don't think that's the case here though. When i checked the other day and took the cap off the whole area looked dry and the level was up.
I think it's just the cap that's dead.. still not ordered a new one
I think it's just the cap that's dead.. still not ordered a new one
