Re: my V6, 51-plate, 63000 miles
I noticed a bit of steam coming from engine, but not enough to find where it was coming from. Found that it smelled of very hot antifreeze. Started fiddling around under the bonnet and I realised that the water pipes and the whole engine were very, very hot although the temp gauge reads normal and has never gone up too high in the 2 years I have owned it. Trouble is - I don't really know if this is heat level is normal. It's not really losing any water to speak of only a bit of a drip from around the water pump.
My normal mechanic (very good local garage - NOT Landrover dealer!) is away til next week but one of his lads has had a look. He first thought cylinder head(s) as there seemed to be a lot of pressure in the water system - water hoses pumped up rock hard. Again - I don't know if this pressure is normal or not? Then, having found the drip from around the water pump, he suggests that it might be that.
Temp gauge still normal, oil levels ok, electric fan comes on if it's left idling, no froth in the water which seems to be circulating ok but still smells very, very hot - the water pipes are too hot to touch. Runs and sounds lovely - still!
I am tip-toeing around in it and scared ****less.
Does anyone have any experience of this or could tell me how much of this is normal or how worried I should really be?
I noticed a bit of steam coming from engine, but not enough to find where it was coming from. Found that it smelled of very hot antifreeze. Started fiddling around under the bonnet and I realised that the water pipes and the whole engine were very, very hot although the temp gauge reads normal and has never gone up too high in the 2 years I have owned it. Trouble is - I don't really know if this is heat level is normal. It's not really losing any water to speak of only a bit of a drip from around the water pump.
My normal mechanic (very good local garage - NOT Landrover dealer!) is away til next week but one of his lads has had a look. He first thought cylinder head(s) as there seemed to be a lot of pressure in the water system - water hoses pumped up rock hard. Again - I don't know if this pressure is normal or not? Then, having found the drip from around the water pump, he suggests that it might be that.
Temp gauge still normal, oil levels ok, electric fan comes on if it's left idling, no froth in the water which seems to be circulating ok but still smells very, very hot - the water pipes are too hot to touch. Runs and sounds lovely - still!
I am tip-toeing around in it and scared ****less.
Does anyone have any experience of this or could tell me how much of this is normal or how worried I should really be?
) so it's going to an independant LR speciallist as I would never darken a main dealers' door!
