I will take photos and that's nice of you to lend that to me its nice to know there is still decent people out there unlike the **** tank mobile mechanic in the Chelmsford are a who rooked me for £800. Lee

Thankyou for the links chicken the vanos link looks complicated when the engine was running there was no chain rattling it was running smooth and the only problem was the water bubbling could I get away without touching the vanos ?. thankyou for advice kg74 shame its a long way to get your parts...

Thankyou appreciate your help as I am going in blind and don't know even what a vanos is,so I will also take your advice and read up all I can. Many thanks . Lee.

Ok thankou,i will do as you suggest and keep you imformed of my progress. Cheers Lee.

Thankyou for your supportive message,i think I w ill take your advice and do it bit by bit and take my time. Its a beautiful car and would be a shame to rip apart,a friend of mine will help and he is quite handy with a set of spanners the only daunting thing to him is getting the timing...

Thankyou both for replies and considering your knowledge ive decided to perhaps sell it as spares,the interior is in good condition and has new tyres fitted and hopefully recoup part of my money. Regards Lee.

ok,i would liked to have a go at doing it myself but it seems I am opening a can of worms and its beyond me,i did receive a download of the workshop manual hat seems clear enough its just the tooling I need to cover the job which has thrown me.

Ok thankyou,i will attempt to replace both gaskets,just a bit worried doing timing.

Ok thankyou,i see there are a few for diesel engines are they different to v8 petrol ones ?

I will,thanks,would you know where to get timing and camshaft clamps.

Would you recommend new or ebay ones.

Ok iwill attempt to geit going again and retest.thanks very much for imformation Lee

Hello everyone. I have a 55 range rover vogue petrol 4.4 bmw engine ,it was running when I first got it but the water was bubbling and the smell of petrol in the expansion bottle I was told it was the head gaskets,a mate did a compression test on the cold engine{ Cant start it...

Got it thankyou,i will post as you suggest. Regards Lee

Yes. I'm sorry I'm new to this and I don't know how to start a new thread.

Its 4.4 petrol but I haven't a clue what make of engine it is.

Hi everyone I have a 55 range rover vogue and a friend of mine did a pressure test to see if head gaskets had gone,the reading were done on a cold engine. 1 115 2 35 3 100 4 130 5 53 6 105 7 45 8 100.Could anybody tell me if it could be gaskets or something worse. Many thanks Lee.

Hi everyone Can any body tell me if my headgasket has gone as I have the smell of petrol and bubbling in the expansion bottle or could it be for another reason. Regards Lee

Thankyou freelance,i will try them. regards lee

hi all Can anybody tell me of an independent range rover specialist in the Chelmsford area. Thanks. lee