Matt_rayner8
Member
Hi Everyone.
Last week i privately brought a freelander 2004 94000 miles td4 HSE.
I don't know much about cars at all.
When I was looking round the car I checked the water and it had orange/brown (rust colour) foam at the top of the water (i was about to and should of walked away) but i facetimed my friend who runs a garage.
He said it probably just needs flushing out and said that it doesnt look like the head gasket.
Anyone else ever seen this?
I stupidly brought it anyway. on the journey home (about an hour) i noticed the heating doesnt get very hot (it does get warm) and the temp gauge only got up to about a quarter of the way.
Anyway I thought I would have a go at flushing the cooling system. I downloaded the Rave program and thought it cant be hard.
Anyway i took the bottom hose off the radiator and all the horrible orange/brown water came out. it took a while for all the water to come out.
I tried to put more water in to the tank to flush it through but it took ages to trickle through.
After doing that for a while and the water became clearer i put the pipe back on and filled the tank and was going to fill the system and take it for a short drive to get it to temp and then do the same all over again.
But the water wasnt going down from the tank.
I unscrewed what i think is the bleed screw. at the back on a pipe going into the cabin (possibly heating)
the water started to go down in the tank and was coming out the bleed screw just as fast so i did it back up but the water stopped going down again.
I have run the car to try and get it warm to see if that would pump the water round but i ran it for over an hour and the temp guage only just got up to half way, the fans didnt kick in.
Does anyone know what is wrong with it or what I am doing wrong?
Please help and please don't tell me its the head gasket or something serious.
Last week i privately brought a freelander 2004 94000 miles td4 HSE.
I don't know much about cars at all.
When I was looking round the car I checked the water and it had orange/brown (rust colour) foam at the top of the water (i was about to and should of walked away) but i facetimed my friend who runs a garage.
He said it probably just needs flushing out and said that it doesnt look like the head gasket.
Anyone else ever seen this?
I stupidly brought it anyway. on the journey home (about an hour) i noticed the heating doesnt get very hot (it does get warm) and the temp gauge only got up to about a quarter of the way.
Anyway I thought I would have a go at flushing the cooling system. I downloaded the Rave program and thought it cant be hard.
Anyway i took the bottom hose off the radiator and all the horrible orange/brown water came out. it took a while for all the water to come out.
I tried to put more water in to the tank to flush it through but it took ages to trickle through.
After doing that for a while and the water became clearer i put the pipe back on and filled the tank and was going to fill the system and take it for a short drive to get it to temp and then do the same all over again.
But the water wasnt going down from the tank.
I unscrewed what i think is the bleed screw. at the back on a pipe going into the cabin (possibly heating)
the water started to go down in the tank and was coming out the bleed screw just as fast so i did it back up but the water stopped going down again.
I have run the car to try and get it warm to see if that would pump the water round but i ran it for over an hour and the temp guage only just got up to half way, the fans didnt kick in.
Does anyone know what is wrong with it or what I am doing wrong?
Please help and please don't tell me its the head gasket or something serious.