Recent content by gt4thug

i dropped on 3 of these for £1 + £8 delivery after asking whats what and being informed the ML HG 'may' be an issue itself,so i bought these and glad i did as it poured out never mine 1/4 pint a week.... re set the water pump and thats stopped weeping, will check in the morning now and re...

thats similar to one 2nd one that i have used that actually works ( well doesn't pour coolant out )

took off, rebuilt again with a camtec FK513 and filled with fluids before belts etc fired (just in case) and all working .. contacted the company i got metal layer and now on the we never sold a faulty please give invoices to substantiate claim high horse.... will time up and batten down the...

and finally got the hippo rebuilt , filled with fluids and its poured its coolant from the top of the block near the alternator.... as well as the water pump area , not to bothered about that as thats easier to fix but its drained the header anyone else had this and mores the point...

yeah , no worries on this one, i'd already asked ' how to' and you quite rightly warned me as to liners... and i know these move ! it was a case of i needed to get the head off and i knew once off i could resolve the nut on rebuild, so now i have this , and hopefully rebuild soon, i can then...

htr, i'm aware of that, not moving now, needed to make haste and I've got head off, will bolt it all back in THEN move the crank,only got this weekend to strip and rebuild and its a case if once re built i'll lock the crank and undo , its easier to go back to that problem than spend all day...

its rotating , can t lock it, will look in morning as rest of engine is now apart and HG was a metal layer and its failed.... cleaning the faces up to inspect , but it looks like the water ways have failed as long cracks each side. will remove the starter and jam it and undo , as th pulley just...

hi doing the HG and how the hell do you get the crank nut undone , I'm going to need it to put a new timing belt on but its free rotation and unable to lock it ( i used to use gearbox and brakes method but it freely rotates) tried a air ratchet and same ideas ? as going to remove...

well thats all the parts ordered inc a few spares and tools that i didn't have i now do to do the job... will await the weekend of 'Doom n Gloom' and hopefully a silver lining of a happy bunny a.k.a the wife :)

right I've got it to a water pump and a tensioner & belt all the gaskets and a choice of either HG depending on the look of the cylinders / head but theres little in it for the price of the build up ( order whilst heads being skimmed ) waiting for remote thermostat to get back to me ( but the...

whilst looking to buy the kit, I've had the blurb due to high tolerances , the MLS can fail, is that because of warp or the fact if you clamp and its not needed it will fail ? or is it the blurb to scare to buy a build up from a company ? ( which was where it was from )

what size torx is it off hand as i don't want to start and stop and go to halfrauds to get a socket as i didn't have a correct sized one think thats all bases covered thanks again guys will keep you posted

thanks guys it will be a full kit a ML head gasket, water pump and thermostat, suddenly the penny drops... the engine is very similar to that of an ongoing first motor the Skoda Estelle, this had issues similar to this and liners.... nice to see technology has progressed ( in those days the...

Hi after all the other niggles with the wife Freelander Mk1 1.8 petrol body in VGC, low milage and looking looked after, it started losing water, nothing major just a small noticeable amount, then the other day she rang me at work as it had blew a pipe off ( still not over heated ) just...

as its 103K i'm going for the Fuel Filter and a difference of £30 for a full pump or a flyer with o rings.... 12 month Warranty ... will be doing that ( in mean time a 5 min break between stalling will do till the parts arrive ) thanks guys!