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The car is running much better since the head has been skimmed, the water pipe below the stat now gets hot, but the fans still don't work. The temp gauge always goes to normal. Could the sender that brings the fan in be broke?

The Steel Seal didn't work because the old stat behind the block was closed, therefore the seal only added to the problem, further restricting the coolant circulation. Therefore I can't honestly say it's no good, but it did seem to me like a long shot. If the head gasket has gone it really...

Thanks for the photo, I thought that might be the senser. The engine in bits now and I am confident once we take out the old stat it will be fine.

My suspicions were confirmed. The old stat was left in the block, which of course was u/s. So thats something to bear in mind, all of you having overheating and HGF, and you have the inline stat behind the rad, check to see if the other one was taken out. So I'm taking the head off, getting it...

Well I have put it in the Steel Seal and ran the engine to normal running temperature three times as per instructions so we shall see. I bought a new rad cap and fitted a new thermostat as well but noticed that the cap still works loose, it would seem the header tank thread has been crossed at...

Thanks for you're response, I have bought a bottle of Steel Seal and will post how it works.

Engine has been overheating, new stat fitted but found water in the oil, this has only just happened. I have ordered a head gasket set but have been told that block seal is brilliant and will fix it. The mechanic that I sopke to said that he had used it on cars that were much worse than mine and...

Thanks for all of your advise, the cream is on the dipstick as well so water in the sump, no oil in the water though. It occured to me that there may be a duff stat left in the block if the in-line is a modification. Anyway I have been told today that a specific American block seal will fix it...

Thanks Ian, now it has cooled down enough for me to touch the engine, there is a slight cream deposit around the oil filler cap, so head gasket gone. But surely that would be the result of the main problem, ie engine overheating. I have heard of the impeller in the water pump coming loose and...

Hello, I am new to this forum and would like some advice. I have had a Freelander 1.8 for some months and this fault has recently developed. It has been losing coolant and overheating. It has the modified in-line thermostat, which seemed to be US, (pipe on one side red hot, pipe cool the other...