Range rover 4.2 Supercharged Head Gasket or Crack?

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cljcars

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I reckon I have a combustion gas leaking into the coolant. Coolant was slowly dissapearing and there are small bubbles in the expansion tank. This is a right pain, job I can do. But didn't need it now.
What are the chances of this being a cracked head or block? Anyone heard off blocks heads cracking on these?
 
Have you done a gas test on the coolant?
I have done. It passed the idle test, however I don't think there is enough for it to show up. I am going to repeat the test again at some point.
I cannot see how I can still be getting bubbles in the expansion tank If there was no head gasket issue or crack somewhere.??????
 
if its the same as the xk8 there's a pipe at the back lovingly called the octopus, nightmare to change and will let air in if not fitted properly
 
I have done. It passed the idle test, however I don't think there is enough for it to show up. I am going to repeat the test again at some point.
I cannot see how I can still be getting bubbles in the expansion tank If there was no head gasket issue or crack somewhere.??????
I think you are jumping to conclusions based on the P38 V8.
 
I think you are jumping to conclusions based on the P38 V8.
Yep, paranoid. Been there and done the tophat on the 4.6.
There is definitely an issue somewhere because it starts lumpy sometimes as if it hydro locking. I will pull the plugs and see if it's washing the top of a piston.
 
Valley pipe which runs under the supercharger is a common failure point on the AJV8..

Never heard of HG let alone head crack on the Jag engine, a very robust unit it is.
Cheers, I can only see the odd head gasket issue on Jag forums, plus a YouTube head gasket failure. Been through the history file and can see lambda's have been changed..... raises an eyebrow.
 
Hydrolock is just that, engine locks up.
If it starts then it's not hydro locked
OK, Yep correct. Hydrolock was not the right description. It hesitates to turn over as if it has higher compression on one of the cylinders because cylinder volume has been reduced with an incompressible liquid (coolant) but not completely filling the cylinder. So it causes a hesitation rather than hydrolocking.........
 
OK, Yep correct. Hydrolock was not the right description. It hesitates to turn over as if it has higher compression on one of the cylinders because cylinder volume has been reduced with an incompressible liquid (coolant) but not completely filling the cylinder. So it causes a hesitation rather than hydrolocking.........
Pull the plugs and see which are steamed.
 
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