Skinny Mike
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Sounds great.Took mine of to Bala for a bit of water-sport. Cold, wet and windy.
What other weather would you expect in Wales?
Mike
Sounds great.Took mine of to Bala for a bit of water-sport. Cold, wet and windy.
The harder I paddled in one direction, the further back I went!Sounds great.
What other weather would you expect in Wales?
Mike
Even quality coolant header tanks don't last long on the K series, especially the V6. They run so hot that they are always holding lots of pressure at bay. My 5 month old budget tank in my TD4 still looks new. As the engine doesn't exceed 85°C, I expect the tank to have a long life.I fitted a new tank to mine around the same time and had the same, label peeling off the lid within days thing. Not a big issue but showed lack of quality, then last week I noticed the coolant level a bit low, which is always a worry on a K series. Turned out the crappy lid was leaking so put the original back on and all fine now but will have to keep an eye out for cracks.
The moral is don't buy cheap ebay coolant bottles.
Make sure you undo the right bolt otherwise it is bye-bye to reverse!When I changed my cap and tank a couple of weeks ago I was happy to find the supplier included a genuine LR cap with the aftermarket tank.
Today I did my first Freelander V6 oil change. Everything went well although I found the sump guard was missing most of the screws that attach the front bumper assembly.
It seems like the last one to do up the sump plug was The Mighty Hulk as it took an 18" breaker bar to loosen it.Tomorrow i'll change the gearbox oil. I am certain it hasn't been changed since my Hippo went off warranty 10 yeas ago.
No worries there. I know it has happened in the past but you would either have to have not done any research (as in watching How-tos, reading threads etc.) or just not be paying attention to take out the wrong bolt. Things went well with the auto trans. I did the change using "The American Method" where you just drain the box and put in 4.19 litres but I also took some steps shown in the thread on this site and I'm glad I did! After taking the car for a short run I checked the oil temp (41.5) ran it up and down through the gears and checked the level. I was really surprised to have to drain out almost a litre.Make sure you undo the right bolt otherwise it is bye-bye to reverse!
Pedantic? Well, yes. But I have previously posted about corroded wheel nuts. Today, they came off. Emery papered, then painted with Hammerite 'straight to rust' aerosol. I'd previously got a pack of about 1,000 wooden coffee stirring sticks which were used for floor boarding grand daughter's dolls house. They make great stands for painting small objects as well. I don't think I ever stirred a coffee with one.
And stirring Hammerite.They're great for mixing epoxy or and fillers too...
OopsOK...Full Dumbass Disclosure....
Last weekend I changed the engine, auto gearbox and IRD fluids in my Freelander.
Today, 240km later I opened the bonnet to check the engine oil level and what did I find?
The bloody funnel and hose I used to fill the IRD! Or rather, most of the hose. Seems that it
didn't much like hanging next to the Cat.
The biggest scare was the moment that I thought I had forgotten to put the fill plug back into the IRD.
I had, just forgot to put away the funnel and hose.
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