hello everyone. I am very new to the forum but I often read articles on here, just never registered before. I have a freelander 1.8 petrol engine V registration which 3 weeks ago had a new head gasket fitted. I looked on this site for information and found it really helpful. So... having got my car back all nicely fixed, I used it yesterday to travel from York to Newcastle and on the way home I had the heaters on cos I got soaked. Upon arriving home in York I could hear the fans running for a short while after I turned the car off. This morning on checking the engine I noticed there was no water in the water coolant bottle. I filled it up with four litres of water because it kept disappearing, only to find that actually it was pouring out of the engine at the back onto my driveway. I checked the oil which resembled creamy coloured coffee and was a bit watery too, not as thick as it should normally be. I found that if the engine was running, i could fill the water bottle up and it held for a while, it didnt drain out so quickly as it did when the engine was cold. So I drove carefully 1 mile to the garage that originally sorted out the head gasket and there it sits for now waiting to be checked. Could this be another issue with the head gasket even though its a brand new one fitted less than 3 weeks ago? Thank you in advance for any help.:frown:
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