300tdi Heating and cooling problems

Hello All

Help and advice please.

Not had my Defender 90 300tdi long. It's been parked up in the shed and awaiting me to get started on basic servicing. Went out last week to have a play and found the coolant was slightly frozen. No leaks found when the weather warmed up. Drove it to my local garage, chap there has been doing bits I can't for years, and has been a really good chap in the past. On the way there the temp gauge went into the red and no heat from the heater (which had been working brilliantly). Garage drained it down and refilled with correct coolant. Picked it up today same problem driving it home. Garage had packed up for the day so will call tomorrow. Just wondered if I have done it some real harm or if it's going to be simple. I didn't drive it far, and stopped to let it cool down so don't think I've cooked anything.

Your thoughts would be very welcome.

Kind regards

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

I have been having exactly the same problems, although my coolant did not freeze.

Here is the link to the thread I started last week

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/overheating-intermittent-hot-air-176252.html

All sorted now but unfortunately it sounds like you may have to do the head gasket as that may have gone as a result of the overheating.

Good luck