Hi all,
Got a problem with my disco TD5. It started to overheat the other day and i had a blown top hose which i changed. The car got a bit hot a few times but i stopped and let it cool before going on. Since then i have noticed a real loss of power, especially going up hills. On Sunday, i was on the way home and i lost all power completely and the temperature shot up. I stopped waited about an hour and then filled it up with water again. about a mile down the road a loud knocking noise started. It is quite quiet on start up and on idle but as soon as you give it any revs the knocking noise starts and gets louder with acceleration. It seems to be coming from the top of the engine. I thought that the head might have gone with the overheating so i changed the head gasket yesterday. When the head was off i looked at the head and nothing seemed to be wrong all of the valves and the rockers seemed OK. The pistons seemed OK. I ran the engine with the rocker cover off and the rockers seemed to be going up and down as they should be. Any Ideas?????
Got a problem with my disco TD5. It started to overheat the other day and i had a blown top hose which i changed. The car got a bit hot a few times but i stopped and let it cool before going on. Since then i have noticed a real loss of power, especially going up hills. On Sunday, i was on the way home and i lost all power completely and the temperature shot up. I stopped waited about an hour and then filled it up with water again. about a mile down the road a loud knocking noise started. It is quite quiet on start up and on idle but as soon as you give it any revs the knocking noise starts and gets louder with acceleration. It seems to be coming from the top of the engine. I thought that the head might have gone with the overheating so i changed the head gasket yesterday. When the head was off i looked at the head and nothing seemed to be wrong all of the valves and the rockers seemed OK. The pistons seemed OK. I ran the engine with the rocker cover off and the rockers seemed to be going up and down as they should be. Any Ideas?????