Hi Guys

Well im new here new to landys and new to v8 so be gentle with me.

Iv recently bought a 110 with a 3.9 v8 however last Sunday she started to pour out smoke form the exhaust, smelt of coolant so that’s suggests that somehow water was getting into the outlet, we tightened the bolts to exhaust and found the front right to be very loose as well as the water pipe above it to be leaking, so new clips all tightened and away we went.

However still having the same issue, she over flows from the header tank and looses almost all water from the rad (but there’s no evidence of where from)

She has apparently got a brand new 2.5 diesel rad (is this going to be enough to keep her cool?) Is there a fill limit to the rad, is this whys she’s throwing her water away?

when we’ve filled her up and had her sat running we have noticed a froth in the header tank but its not oil, there’s also no oil in water or water in oil.

Any help would really be appreciated.

Paul

Also is there ny way of finding out which engine i have as the guy i got it from had no details of what year it was or anything, so trying to get parts is a night mare.

head gasket or liners

fanatic said:

head gasket or liners

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yep.sadly.

is there a way to tell if its the liners, iv already ordered a HG set and have made arrangements for the head to be skimmed if needs be.

Pressure testing the bores once the heads are removed and you can see bubbles rising between the liner and the block i saw that on you tube.

unless your unlucky 3.9 less affected than 4.6 - there should be no lip between liner and block. your best bet would be visual liner check,skim heads and refit.

The agravation of stripping block to test is more than taking chance with skim and gaskets.

unless your unlucky 3.9 less affected than 4.6 - there should be no lip between liner and block. your best bet would be visual liner check,skim heads and refit.

The agravation of stripping block to test is more than taking chance with skim and gaskets.

do you know of any pics showing a nackerd liner (iv never seen one before) il get the heads skimmed etc

Thanks for the help so far guys