ellisr

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I have a landrover discovery 300tdi that I think has a blown head gasket, I was about to give up on her as I can't afford the prices of the garages to fix her but after lurking here for a while I thought I would be bold and ask if anyone knows of someone that could help me fix her in the Taunton area. I am willing to learn and just don't want to give up on her after 4 years loyal service to me.
I am not bad with tools for a girl and can have a good go at most jobs but after reading how it is done I am petrified to fix this myself and don't have a torque wrench or the step ladders I need to see into the engine bay.
 
I have a landrover discovery 300tdi that I think has a blown head gasket, I was about to give up on her as I can't afford the prices of the garages to fix her but after lurking here for a while I thought I would be bold and ask if anyone knows of someone that could help me fix her in the Taunton area. I am willing to learn and just don't want to give up on her after 4 years loyal service to me.
I am not bad with tools for a girl and can have a good go at most jobs but after reading how it is done I am petrified to fix this myself and don't have a torque wrench or the step ladders I need to see into the engine bay.

You may be in luck I'm jct 22 if you want to either fix it or sell it
 
[JP];1354595 said:
just sit back and wait for the flood of helpers!

:D
I hope someone can help JP as she is my only mode of transport and if I don't get to work I don't get paid.
 
You may be in luck I'm jct 22 if you want to either fix it or sell it
I'm a few miles off jct 25 and I want to fix her as I can't afford a new one just yet and I have a strange attachment to her as she was my dream car and I saved hard for her
 
I'm a few miles off jct 25 and I want to fix her as I can't afford a new one just yet and I have a strange attachment to her as she was my dream car and I saved hard for her

Does it still drive or cooked right up?
 
I'm a few miles off jct 25 and I want to fix her as I can't afford a new one just yet and I have a strange attachment to her as she was my dream car and I saved hard for her

have you got a garage to get it under cover to do it?
 
she is spluttering when I started her up this afternoon white smoke and oil from the exhaust and spraying water everywhere in the engine bay. I can't see contamination in the water or oil but I checked in torch light. She isn't holding water and the heaters went cold about a week ago. She drove ok this morning to the feed stores but felt like she was loosing power about a mile from home but I put it down to the weight I was carrying 5 bales of haylage and quite a few bags of animal feed. I don't want to drive her incase I do more damage and have to give in and scrap her.
 
she is spluttering when I started her up this afternoon white smoke and oil from the exhaust and spraying water everywhere in the engine bay. I can't see contamination in the water or oil but I checked in torch light. She isn't holding water and the heaters went cold about a week ago. She drove ok this morning to the feed stores but felt like she was loosing power about a mile from home but I put it down to the weight I was carrying 5 bales of haylage and quite a few bags of animal feed. I don't want to drive her incase I do more damage and have to give in and scrap her.

how much water is she loosing?
and did you bleed the air out of the system when topping up?
 
she is spluttering when I started her up this afternoon white smoke and oil from the exhaust and spraying water everywhere in the engine bay. I can't see contamination in the water or oil but I checked in torch light. She isn't holding water and the heaters went cold about a week ago. She drove ok this morning to the feed stores but felt like she was loosing power about a mile from home but I put it down to the weight I was carrying 5 bales of haylage and quite a few bags of animal feed. I don't want to drive her incase I do more damage and have to give in and scrap her.

Recovered to mine and cover parts and fuel to and from collecting parts etc-I'll show you how to fix it
 
followed the instructions on internet on how to bleed air out of the system when filling up coolant. I can put the coolant in and watch it run out or come out of the expansion tank cap when the engine is started.
 
followed the instructions on internet on how to bleed air out of the system when filling up coolant. I can put the coolant in and watch it run out or come out of the expansion tank cap when the engine is started.

sounds like head gasket failure then :( sorry
 
I'll try and catch my neighbour tomorrow to see if he can get it to you

Seriously no stitches from me as long as it comes to me- I'll show you how to fix.

You can check with Ratty a Mod-I am genuine and not a mass murder etc
 

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