damoyorkie said:

Now then, Freakylander.

Welcome to the forum.

I spent my first day driving a 1.8 Freelander today, after my mate borrowed my Disco.

It isn't half bad.

But in the three weeks he has had it he has broken a prop shaft, just by scooting round the fields. He has also been warned by one of our mechanic mates about the cylinder head. I think 80,000 miles was mentioned (and it's currently reading 76,000), so I imagine it will be going soon.

I would get rid, inventing some story about you not liking the ride height, or some such thing.

Cheers.

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scottmartin49 said:

Its not really the gaskets....

Somewhere between 60 and 80k miles (US) the cylinder liners drop enough to start taking in coolant. It'll run ok but you'll start to lose just a bit. If you let it go dry you'll overheat it, and then its toast.

No new motors available (or worth it), and rebuilds don't address the real problem. Best recomendation I've heard is to just run it on water and "Bars Leaks" until it finally blows. Oh, the coolant also winds up in the oil, so you'll have to change that pretty often also.

Fortunately, I had a warranty and LR foooted the bill for TWO new motors. The good news is that it's probably safe to leave the cambelt change undone!

Scott

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freakylander said:

Oh bloody hell and crap!

Why do they go through cylinder head gaskets all the time? There must be a feasible explanation?

I'm not a mechanic or anything like that, but there has to be a SIMPLE explanation guys (and gals if there are any out there who can answer this question too!)

Thanks :=-)))

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scottmartin49 said:

Its not really the gaskets....

Somewhere between 60 and 80k miles (US) the cylinder liners drop enough to start taking in coolant. It'll run ok but you'll start to lose just a bit. If you let it go dry you'll overheat it, and then its toast.

No new motors available (or worth it), and rebuilds don't address the real problem. Best recomendation I've heard is to just run it on water and "Bars Leaks" until it finally blows. Oh, the coolant also winds up in the oil, so you'll have to change that pretty often also.

Fortunately, I had a warranty and LR foooted the bill for TWO new motors. The good news is that it's probably safe to leave the cambelt change undone!

Scott

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scottmartin49 said:

Its not really the gaskets....

Somewhere between 60 and 80k miles (US) the cylinder liners drop enough to start taking in coolant. It'll run ok but you'll start to lose just a bit. If you let it go dry you'll overheat it, and then its toast.

No new motors available (or worth it), and rebuilds don't address the real problem. Best recomendation I've heard is to just run it on water and "Bars Leaks" until it finally blows. Oh, the coolant also winds up in the oil, so you'll have to change that pretty often also.

Fortunately, I had a warranty and LR foooted the bill for TWO new motors. The good news is that it's probably safe to leave the cambelt change undone!

Scott

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