I got my freelander 1.8 k series back on the road today after doing the head and head gasket and new cam belt, took it for a drive after 20 miles back and forth to the next village the white smoke vanished all looked good, i stopped and checked under the bonnet every 5 miles to make sure the coolant was ok and temperature gauge stayed in the middle so drove home.
I got home parked up with the engine running looked under the bonnet, as i was looking the engine over the coolant in the expansion bottle started to blow out of top of the bottle, switched the engine off, waited for it to cool a little then did a sniff test and the test liquid remained blue so the new head gasket is still ok.
What can be causing the coolant to overheat, the thermostat is new, can a new thermostat be faulty, the temperature gauge remained in the middle, what should i be checking, i thought i was finally up and running again today.
I got home parked up with the engine running looked under the bonnet, as i was looking the engine over the coolant in the expansion bottle started to blow out of top of the bottle, switched the engine off, waited for it to cool a little then did a sniff test and the test liquid remained blue so the new head gasket is still ok.
What can be causing the coolant to overheat, the thermostat is new, can a new thermostat be faulty, the temperature gauge remained in the middle, what should i be checking, i thought i was finally up and running again today.
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