tonylandy123
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That's true but I have never herd of land rover saying don't skim a head as they warp only resin I can think them saying not to skim is to sell you a new one
Nope never pressure tested any of them.
Reused the head bolts as well.
Still have two of them sat on my driveway, cars that is not the engines!
I always found the 300 to be a bit fragile compared to the 200.
tonylandy123
Member
Best off look all I can say 300 crack heads and warp them all ways pressure test and if they pass skim them back flat and ues 3 hole head gasket
tonylandy123
Member
And yes head bolts can be re used
Why would you want reuse a TTY bolt, go to all the bother to do all that nice work & use the old cr@p bolts.
Yup people do I dont id rather spend the few extra quid as id probably snap the fookers putting them back in lol.
tonylandy123
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You can re use them twice if that's if there ok when cleaned up
Hi All,
New discovery for me today (not the car
), I wanted to do a quick test, I took my wireless barbecue temperature sensor and stick it on the expansion tank. Cool gadget as I can read the temperature wirelessly on my phone. See photos.
Guess what the engine does not seems to warm up even if the gauge says otherwise.
What do you think? Except that I am crazy
New discovery for me today (not the car
), I wanted to do a quick test, I took my wireless barbecue temperature sensor and stick it on the expansion tank. Cool gadget as I can read the temperature wirelessly on my phone. See photos. Guess what the engine does not seems to warm up even if the gauge says otherwise.
What do you think? Except that I am crazy
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Dr Strangeglove
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Does the expansion tank have a flow? Could you try it on the hose from the thermostat housing?
Hicap phill
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I don’t think that header is piped in correctly.
(And it’s also not the correct tank for the engine)
It's not the correct expansion tank for sure.
Is it perhaps not the correct sensor ?
There are two, a black one and a green one, the wrong one tells you your engoine is overheating when it's not.
Black is for the Defender & green is for the Discovery.
Also check the gauge is not earthed by removing the earth for the lamp, the gauge will only read correctly if the earth is via the sensor.
You also need a good engine earth.
Is it perhaps not the correct sensor ?
There are two, a black one and a green one, the wrong one tells you your engoine is overheating when it's not.
Black is for the Defender & green is for the Discovery.
Also check the gauge is not earthed by removing the earth for the lamp, the gauge will only read correctly if the earth is via the sensor.
You also need a good engine earth.
good evening, another test today and I think I loosing coolant but I cannot find from where, I had to add about a liter of coolant today after driving 30´ and letting the car sit for 24h.
I know the expansion tank need to be changed but what about the piping down there. See photos.
I know the expansion tank need to be changed but what about the piping down there. See photos.
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Hicap phill
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Take a phot of the pipe going into the bottom of the header tank.
Pipes look like power steering pipes
Dear All,
Finally the head is out
no major struggles and all the bolts were easy to remove, that's a good point. I only found one point of "possible exchange" between the coolant and the oil, but I do not know if this will be enough to loose that much coolant.
Please let me know if you see anything else suspicious.
Furthermore, if you have the reference of a good head gasket kit I will be grateful.
I will poste further photo once the head is back from the workshop.
Have a nice sunday
Finally the head is out
no major struggles and all the bolts were easy to remove, that's a good point. I only found one point of "possible exchange" between the coolant and the oil, but I do not know if this will be enough to loose that much coolant.Please let me know if you see anything else suspicious.
Furthermore, if you have the reference of a good head gasket kit I will be grateful.
I will poste further photo once the head is back from the workshop.
Have a nice sunday
D1Nut
Well-Known Member
the presence of rust shows in areas it shouldn't be in tells me that either it was a dud head gasket or a warped head from a previous overheating event
our brit in canada seems happy with the all steel gaskets
new bolts and you good to go again
the bores look good from the pictures as well
hope all works out well
our brit in canada seems happy with the all steel gaskets
new bolts and you good to go again
the bores look good from the pictures as well
hope all works out well
Think 200tdi was up to 5 times reuse, if they met the length specs.
Sometimes you cannot see where the issue was, but a new gasket fixes it, slightly annoying as I like to see a failure point.Dear All,
Finally the head is out
Please let me know if you see anything else suspicious.
Furthermore, if you have the reference of a good head gasket kit I will be grateful.
I will poste further photo once the head is back from the workshop.
Have a nice sunday
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Head gasket I changed the other day, reused head bolts and took a guess at the torque figures @370nm.
as least on yours you see the problem. not so easy on mine.
I am taking the head to a workshop to plan it.
so I will be hopefully good with it.
