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If coolant continues to seep from this area even after you complete the work as listed above, then possibility it could be your head gasket weeping coolant. If you renew your head gasket, do it right. Take the head for machining, do the oil rail to the stronger version + Hylomar sealant on new...

Sydney, Australia here :)

Extra peace of mind knowing that a successful engine/head reconditioner has been using it here long term without failure : he must be doing something right... :)

Speaking of Hippos, I'd say Bear Gryllis could have done some marketing for the Freelander 1, particularly the 3 door with the open top, he could hang in the back then swing out of it in to the trees as it drives through some jungle somewhere. Speaking of which, I actually once stared at my...

Hi Htr, you won't need any product or sealant that works with such extreme temperatures as like 1000 degrees Celsius, if your head gasket has temperatures of that type, something else is bound to be wrong anyhow - as temperatures even close to that shouldn't be evident for the head gasket...

Hi HTR, I understand that Land Rover was looking for a solution for the 1.8 Freelander for many of the premature head gasket failures, and in 2005, they released a new and improved and strengthened oil rail. Wish I fitted it before, it not only has improved oil holes than the old, but is...

I would recommend any of those and I speak from experience as in 2012, I renewed the head gasket on my 1.8 K series 2000 Freelander but neglected to renew the oil rail to the uprated - result, in early 2014, the head gasket lost clamping load and coolant started to leak and progressively the...

Irwin tools set? Have used these time after time to remove rounded bolts... I know the feeling, has happened to me when I least expected it then it sets you back a few days sometimes weeks esp. when you planned to finish the work by a certain date or day, here's me removing one rounded bolt...

Well done Scott1102.. Gosh it bring back older memories.. It's true as one other poster said that many general mechanics don't know much about Freelanders... I might be a world away in Australia, but I bought my first 1.8 K series Freelander (2000 model) in March of 2011 as I was impressed by...

From experience, I can say that when your a/c was on full, the reason it was spot on then and n boil or overheat is that the a/c would force one of the fans at the front to turn on and this would then have provided some cool air to the engine block, which if is the case raises the question, why...

G'day Gennyman, can you 100% confirm that the system isn't leaking coolant at any point? Nobody has used any chemical leak sealers in the cooling system before have they? I know yours is a V6, I have a 1.8 and a KV6, my 1.8 was doing that about 12 months ago, the coolant in the tank seemed...

I used RTV sealant on the 1.8 Freelander sump in mine without a gasket, works fine 100% leak free, part of a bigger project though, head gasket renewal and changed the oil rail, did it correctly, and used Hylomar sealant. 1.8K Freelander Head Gasket Renewal and Overheating Fix - YouTube Cheers.

Hi Hippo, thanks for sharing the link to the original Freelander sales brochures, when I saw the pictures of the hippopotamuses in comparison with the 1.8 and Kv6, now I finally know why there's a few Internet forums at some other sites where it took me a while to work out that when posters...

I recently tried chemical leak sealers in my Freelander 1.8 K series cooling system as I figured it would help eliminate leaks from the cylinder head gasket area which affected my vehicle. In reality, the chemical sealer did stop the leaks, but what it done it blocked the tiny pencil-diameter...

Hi all, I have also shot another video which highlights how to correctly bleed the cooling system on the Freelander 1. 1.8 K Freelander Cooling System Bleed - YouTube Best Regards, Jasco (Jase) Australia.

Hi all, My 1.8 K Freelander developed the all too common cylinder head gasket coolant seepage. In short, I found that it was due to clamping load having been lost where the head bolts bolt in to the oil rail. So when I renewed the head gasket, I believe I did it correctly by also...

Here's another video I shot for the proper way to bleed the cooling system on the 1.8 K Series Freelander. 1.8 K Freelander Cooling System Bleed - YouTube I hope that my videos will encourage owners of the 1.8 K Freelander that it's not "be all end all" when they get some of the symptoms that...

Was a pleasure. I hope it assists other Freelander 1.8 K owners out there even if they don't want to do the work themselves then even their non-Freelander specialist mechanics. My tip is that if you renew the head gasket on this engine without renewing the oil rail to the uprated one, then it...

My 1.8 seems to have more power after I renewed the head gasket and used Hylomar sealant and a toughened uprated oil rail. In addition to this, I previously removed the propshaft and have also wrapped the exhaust in insulating wrap. No more leaks no more overheating, better fuel economy and...

Hi, project is complete, and I've videoed it all here : 1.8K Freelander Head Gasket Renewal and Overheating Fix - YouTube I also shot a smaller video of what the leak sealer did to the cylinder head (never again chemical leak sealer), check the tiny passage holes on the short footage. Leak...