Portculislr
Member
Gentlemen,
I have recently purchase a 2007 Freelander 2 (96K miles) and so far it has been going like a dream. When I purchased the car (for my wife) I went through it with a fine tooth comb and drove it extensively but I missed one trivial inspection, I didn't remove the cap from the Coolant Header Tank. On checking shortly after delivery I noticed that there was oil deposit in the Header tank and removed about 1/2 cupful, the Header tank was removed and fully cleaned out. I have driven the car now for 1000 miles and there has been no sign of any further oil contamination, the Header tank has remained absolutely clean. I would be grateful for any view on this situation, I have read threads in the past to say that the engine oil cooler can fail but if this is the case surely the problem would show up again by now. The only point I can make is as follows, they gave the car a full service before delivery but on subsequent checking of the oil level, I had to remove (suck out) about a pint of oil to restore the levels to it proper level, could excess oil in the sump find its way into the cooling system ???
I have recently purchase a 2007 Freelander 2 (96K miles) and so far it has been going like a dream. When I purchased the car (for my wife) I went through it with a fine tooth comb and drove it extensively but I missed one trivial inspection, I didn't remove the cap from the Coolant Header Tank. On checking shortly after delivery I noticed that there was oil deposit in the Header tank and removed about 1/2 cupful, the Header tank was removed and fully cleaned out. I have driven the car now for 1000 miles and there has been no sign of any further oil contamination, the Header tank has remained absolutely clean. I would be grateful for any view on this situation, I have read threads in the past to say that the engine oil cooler can fail but if this is the case surely the problem would show up again by now. The only point I can make is as follows, they gave the car a full service before delivery but on subsequent checking of the oil level, I had to remove (suck out) about a pint of oil to restore the levels to it proper level, could excess oil in the sump find its way into the cooling system ???