I agree I wouldn't redo a head without new bolts

Well thanks for the advice guys, I took it for a ride today and found out that the water was disappearing due to a air lock after purging that it seemed to steady out and not lose lvl, and the white smoke seems to have disappeared for now, the water has traces of oil in it but I think it from...

Yeah brought the hole kit new bolt, new inlet gasket, new exhaust gasket I followed the book to the letter. Could anything else be giving me these problems and I changed the gasket for not? Like I said the oil on the dip stick is clean... I'm just not sure what my next step is? I have chucked a...

I was under the impression that skimming was only required if the head had warped?

I used a very very fine sand paper to remove any trace of the old gasket I saw them do this on a you tube video and I checked the head with a straight edge and a 0.05 gauge and found no gaps, I checked along the head across it and all over it, I thought the MLS gasket was harder wearing and...

Hi to all, if anybody can give me some advice I would really appritiate it, Ok so i have a 99 freelander and it wad white smoke from the exhaust and losing coolant and a little creaming of the oil...... So I decided to change the head gasket myself stripped it down cleaned it up and the head...

Thanks for the fast reply Looks like I will be replacing both VCU and IDR :( or maybe the cost will be to high as I should replace the cam belt to and maybe the head gasket I may have bitten of more than I can chew :( Could the HDC problem be a costly fix also?

We'll it looks like my FL I got May be a bit of a lemon :/ still I would like to try and fix it, I tried the one wheel up test and the was no resistance what so ever, I looked underneath as I span the wheel and both prop shalfs were turning so what dose this mean? I'm sorry if you have covered...

Hi everyone, Just brought a 99 Freelander it's the first 4x4 I have ever owned :) I got it cheep and that's because it has a few electrical problems..... So I have ordered my Haynes manual, but no doubt I will be asking for some advice over the next few months for and good advice I can get...