Blown headgasket??

My disco has decided to turn into a steam engine running hot no heater, steam out the exhaust. Strangely very little loss of power

Oh yea water pooring from under head gasket

My guess is that I am getting my spanners out this weekend. Was hoping to be working on th series

Or does anyone think radweld will work or even worth a try?

I dint think rad weld would take the heat of the cylinder head! anyway its ****e gets everywhere it shouldn't! get your spanners out you know you want to! ive got to! why should i be the only one! sorry lost it there for a minute!

Good luck. Every time I've had the steam problem it's been a cracked head(no I don't think I'm that unlucky, just quite old and I've had a lot of very cheap motors). Course in those days you could get a scrap head for a quid and fit it in an hour and a half. Nowadays you need to pay a mechanic two months' pension. Bloody progress. Anyone else remember when petrol was less than two and six a gallon?

PASTMASTER said:

Good luck. Every time I've had the steam problem it's been a cracked head(no I don't think I'm that unlucky, just quite old and I've had a lot of very cheap motors). Course in those days you could get a scrap head for a quid and fit it in an hour and a half. Nowadays you need to pay a mechanic two months' pension. Bloody progress. Anyone else remember when petrol was less than two and six a gallon?

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eww! jumpers for goal posts

slob said:

eww! jumpers for goal posts

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Ah but in them days it was REAL jumpers. Made of wool. You don't get much wool nowadays. Good job they've learnt how to turn sheep into biodiesel (yech!). Now I remember when diesel was REAL diesel.... (dissolves into incoherent muttering and goes off to see if his new head's been fitted yet..)

Just about to go out and get wet and make a start taking the head off

Well the head is now off no other damage from what I can see either which is a bonus.

Must say a thanks to Hucknall Landrovers for supplying the gaskets.

Well al back together now Done about 10 miles in it, all seems good. Heater seems to be a lot better than before

Can anyone recommed a milage to recheck the tappets?

1 week, 1 month 500 miles??

How did you get on with your HG replacement. It looks like I have the same problems as you mention ion the first post except no visible leak and no steam. But pressurising the cooling system. Easy job? what are the pitfalls?

revjames said:

How did you get on with your HG replacement. It looks like I have the same problems as you mention ion the first post except no visible leak and no steam. But pressurising the cooling system. Easy job? what are the pitfalls?

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Easy enough job, just need a head gasket and a exhaust/inlet gasket. Also I found you need a bloody long extension bar to get to the turbo mounting bolts from undrneath. Same with all jobs on the engine make sure everything is clean I.e gasket face before refitting.
Don't know about the 300tdi but on the 200tdi I could have done with a disc with degrees on because the tightening sequence is 30lbft the a further 30 degrees then another 30 degrees. They end up being ****ing tight.
Sholud do it in a day

hth Ian

revjames said:

How did you get on with your HG replacement. It looks like I have the same problems as you mention ion the first post except no visible leak and no steam. But pressurising the cooling system. Easy job? what are the pitfalls?

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300TDI cylinder head removal - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

should give you some idea as to whats required.

Sean said:

300TDI cylinder head removal - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

should give you some idea as to whats required.

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Good find that sean, The only difference it did was that I didn,t remove the rocker shaft just undid the head bolts in stages so not to cause any damage to it or the valves

also copy of overhaul manual is here

http://www.easyrestore.co.uk/lz/300TDi_overhaul_manual.pdf

Thanks guys, thats just the sort of thing I was after! I am fairly certain that its a case of HGF now but am going to let a local garage confirm it for me. I will probably do it myself. I have access to NDT equipment so will be ablt to check the head for fracturing etc myself but may well consult a specialist.

Interestingly, the thread on head removal seemed to imply it qwasnt neccesary to get new bolts?

revjames said:

Interestingly, the thread on head removal seemed to imply it qwasnt neccesary to get new bolts?

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dont think that's really needed when there's a gasket in between the mating surfaces

200-300 TDI headgaskets - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum - might be able to spot if yer heads been skimmed before

Part of me wants to just get out there now and whip the head off but I'll wait til next week and see what the garage says.

order a gasket set tonight fer delivery tomorrow, get up early on Sat morning and you'll have it done by lunch time (with an extra few hundred quid in yer wallet)

But I don't know if its 1 hole 2 hole or 3 holes? 109K on the clock so hopefully head not skimmed but I need to know!

order all 3 and send back the 2 you dont use

go on get yer spanners out

I am very tempted in fact spanners already out from:
P gasket
water pump
radiator
etc etc

But I would still feel a bit better and confident if I was told by a garage who had done a proper test that it was a HGF. Besides I need the car even if its only good for local trips.