ok. Well I was really enjoying the very short time I've owned my Discovery..... until I discovered I've been possibly shafted by the guy I bought it off!!
To be fair I got it for a great price off ebay, as the three amigo warning lights were on and it was a px he didn't want to meddle with fixing ..(hes got a small garage just a couple of miles from me by chance and sells minis mainly )
Its in great visual condition, 115k miles, great bodywork and doesn't seem to have been abused.
Has clearly had money spent by previous owner who is a local antique dealer (I know his shop as its on log book). New disk brakes/pads, great tyres etc
Anyway, test drive went well, (auto box). Everything seemed to work as it should and as it was snowing and I was in a rush, I basically didn't go in to as much depth as I should have. When I tested the heater, I did hear a gurgle behind the dash. This set alarm bells ringing a bit. So I checked coolant, all seemed fine, oil fine. And for some stupid reason i didn't wait for the heater to get hot. I assumed it would be an airlock or something sortable (I guesstimate budgeted about £300-£350 to sort the three amigos and get an MOT)
Anyway, long story short after a first day of ownership. This is what Ive noticed:
heater blows fine (digital air con display)
Air only seems to be cold..
Coolant level was fine.
It doesn't seem to be pressurised , radiator top hose is squidgy but not as hot and hard as I expected from other cars Ive had....
bottom hose seemed similiar.
Also, the temperature guage goes up very quickly on startup to halfway and then seems to just sit there!!!??
I have only done about 20 or 30 miles but have seen no signs of overheating.
Ive done a fair bit of spannering on past cars but was hoping not to have to do anything to this at least for a while!
can anyone point me in the right direction of what I should be looking at?
it looks like its got new studs on the cylinder head for the exhaust manifold. In fact the engine looks like it has been well looked after which cheered me up a little.
I am going to check if the heater matrix pipes going to the cab are hot the next time I go out in it later. but my only thought currently is the thermostat is stuck open? and an airlock for the dash gurgling
Got no experience at all with land Rovers so would be most grateful for help.
and sorry for the waffling dialogue... I have found it therapeutic
To be fair I got it for a great price off ebay, as the three amigo warning lights were on and it was a px he didn't want to meddle with fixing ..(hes got a small garage just a couple of miles from me by chance and sells minis mainly )
Its in great visual condition, 115k miles, great bodywork and doesn't seem to have been abused.
Has clearly had money spent by previous owner who is a local antique dealer (I know his shop as its on log book). New disk brakes/pads, great tyres etc
Anyway, test drive went well, (auto box). Everything seemed to work as it should and as it was snowing and I was in a rush, I basically didn't go in to as much depth as I should have. When I tested the heater, I did hear a gurgle behind the dash. This set alarm bells ringing a bit. So I checked coolant, all seemed fine, oil fine. And for some stupid reason i didn't wait for the heater to get hot. I assumed it would be an airlock or something sortable (I guesstimate budgeted about £300-£350 to sort the three amigos and get an MOT)
Anyway, long story short after a first day of ownership. This is what Ive noticed:
heater blows fine (digital air con display)
Air only seems to be cold..
Coolant level was fine.
It doesn't seem to be pressurised , radiator top hose is squidgy but not as hot and hard as I expected from other cars Ive had....
bottom hose seemed similiar.
Also, the temperature guage goes up very quickly on startup to halfway and then seems to just sit there!!!??
I have only done about 20 or 30 miles but have seen no signs of overheating.
Ive done a fair bit of spannering on past cars but was hoping not to have to do anything to this at least for a while!
can anyone point me in the right direction of what I should be looking at?
it looks like its got new studs on the cylinder head for the exhaust manifold. In fact the engine looks like it has been well looked after which cheered me up a little.
I am going to check if the heater matrix pipes going to the cab are hot the next time I go out in it later. but my only thought currently is the thermostat is stuck open? and an airlock for the dash gurgling
Got no experience at all with land Rovers so would be most grateful for help.
and sorry for the waffling dialogue... I have found it therapeutic