jamesmartin
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either its had head probs in past and wasnt flushed out well or its about to have one
Optimus Prime
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hmmn, gonna use all me special psychic powers on this one...
1.8 petrol ?
1.8 petrol ?
joe27979
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if its a 1.8 petty then as above id suspect a head going.
if its a TD4 then its pretty rare the heads going - if you are getting sludge in the tank and its brown not black id suspect a possible hole in your transmission or gearbox cooler.
May be worth removing the filler plug on your IRD or gearbox to see if a watery sludge pours out...usually you would only get a few drips of oil out as the plug level is the actual fill level.
My mates TD4 did the same but the sludge was black and he wasnt losing water or had any unusaly engine/smoke behaviour which pointed to his engine oil cooler had a slight hole in it.
Hope this helps,
if its a TD4 then its pretty rare the heads going - if you are getting sludge in the tank and its brown not black id suspect a possible hole in your transmission or gearbox cooler.
May be worth removing the filler plug on your IRD or gearbox to see if a watery sludge pours out...usually you would only get a few drips of oil out as the plug level is the actual fill level.
My mates TD4 did the same but the sludge was black and he wasnt losing water or had any unusaly engine/smoke behaviour which pointed to his engine oil cooler had a slight hole in it.
Hope this helps,
joe27979
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I dunno for sure but of the freelanders I have owned they have all used the OAT (Organic acid technology) coolant. This comes in a yellow liquid form and once in the system with your water it appears orange to the eye. The other type is the old glycol blue stuff. Only difference is the fact that the new OAT claims to have to be changed over a much longer period of time compared to the blue stuff.
Whichever way you look at it - neither should be mixed.. it is a big NO NO.
Have you a 1.8petrol or is it a diesel? TD4 or D series?
markyzs180
Active Member
Northern Irelander
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Did it have the sludge before you changed the coolant?
Best investigate, the k-series will drive for thousand's of miles with minor hgf showing no temp rise or starting probs, oil may rise slightly on the dipstick without full fat (mayo)
Coolant loss could be un-related, see first page of http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/k-series-expertise-can-you-sdvise-154088.html
Again, get it checked out
soz
1.8 petrol. Everythings been ok till i changed the antifreeze to the blue stuff. Its something thats rarely needed to be topped up before. The water level does go down pretty quick now. Bought it when it had 30K on clock and its coming up to 100K. Never had the head gasket done. Thought when head gasket started to fail temp started to rise but this remains constant as its always done?
1.8 petrol. Everythings been ok till i changed the antifreeze to the blue stuff. Its something thats rarely needed to be topped up before. The water level does go down pretty quick now. Bought it when it had 30K on clock and its coming up to 100K. Never had the head gasket done. Thought when head gasket started to fail temp started to rise but this remains constant as its always done?
