New oil pump (at warranty's expense), and seems to be working fine now.

The AA repair cover is only activated if you call out the AA patrol for a breakdown.

What would this do?

Now it's the pressure release valve related to the oil pump with is most likely the problem. Apparently this is a notorious defect on this model - anyone else heard of this? I'd heard of the HGF problem from the various websites (and yes I still bought one anyway) but not prssure release valve.

Sorry, is that 'no' you don't know how HGF could break the oil pump, or 'no' HGF shouldn't damage the oil pump? Ta. Also, 'cos the HGF repair has approached the 'per-claim' limit, the idea is to treat the oil pump failure as a separate issue (which of course it may be) and therefore make a...

Apparently the oil pressure has been tested and found to be low (although the guy didn't sound too convincing, but you have to take their word for it I s'pose) and he's '90%' sure it's the oil pump, which has been damaged by the head-gasket failure. Can anyone explain (in simple terms) how...

Ok I'll ask if they've done that, but it sounds to me as though they've just fired it up, noticed the flickering oil gauge, and extrapolated from there. Supposing the test gauge reading indicated low pressure, would a faulty oil pump be the first suspect? And thereafter, how far down the list...

Thanks for that. I think the implication was that the HGF had somehow damaged the rest of the engine, a symptom of which being that oil pressure was low. I'm not a mechanic, but I did think it was a big leap from 'your oil pressure light is flickering' to 'you need a whole new engine'.

Lets hope so, but is low oil pressure a usual consequence of HGF, bearing in mind that before the HGF, I wasn't losing a lot of oil, if any, and the oil pressure gauge wasn't indicating before I had the repairs done?

Thanks,I've started a new thread as it may or may not be a related problem.

As per previous thread, oil indicator light indicates low pressure, following recent head gasket change. The garage are pushing me to change the whole engine, but a brief interweb search suggests there could be a few different causes for low oil pressure (knackered pump etc). How would HGF...

Ok thanks for constructive replies, turns out it was HGF and has since been repaired, with the warranty picking up most of the tab. Now though they are telling me that the oil light is flickering indicating low oil pressure. This may be due to a faulty oil pump or it may be that I need a whole...

I wouldn't recognise 'mayo' in the oil i'm afraid, suffice to say that the oil is dark brown and semi-opaque. No contamination in the coolant reservoir.

That's what I don't understand; sometimes the reservoir is empty and when I fill it up it just spills out over the floor, yet other times it won't need topping up for a week, with the same level of usage.

Originally Posted by MattHarris I don't have time to trawl through previous CHG threads, unless anyone can post a link to a particularly useful one, but suffice to say the garage has diagnosed that my cylinder head gasket has gone (Petrol freelander 1.8). Everything fine 'til I took it in for...

Cheers.

Thanks but I anticipate there being a lot of these threads to go through so I would appreciate some help with my specific questions..

Another problem, driveshaft cv joint gaiter fell off, and garage said that it couldn't be replaced and the only remedy was to buy new front part of driveshaft for £400. Second garage said that they could clean the joint, apply grease and fit a generic gaiter for a fraction of the cost. Which...

I don't have time to trawl through previous CHG threads, unless anyone can post a link to a particularly useful one, but suffice to say the garage has diagnosed that my cylinder head gasket has gone (Petrol freelander 1.8). Everything fine 'til I took it in for routine service, after which I...